Project Gutenberg 2024-02-08 Public domain in the USA. 222 Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton) 1840 1929 Fisher, Arabella Burton Buckley Buckley, Arabella Burton The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned family $aNew York :$bAppleton and Company, $c1883. Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Winners in Life's Race: Or, The Great Backboned Family" by Arabella B. Buckley is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a natural history account focusing on vertebrate animals, building upon Buckley's previous work that covered invertebrates. The book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the evolution and lives of backboned creatures, promoting an appreciation of natural history for students and young readers. The opening of the publication sets a foundation for exploring the diversity and complex history of vertebrate life. Buckley discusses the past prominence of invertebrate life and introduces the vertebrates as a significant evolutionary advancement, characterized by their internal skeletons and flexibility. She emphasizes the connection between all vertebrates, illustrating how they’ve adapted to varied environments over time, from ancient fish to modern mammals, birds, and reptiles. The narrative invites readers to consider how vertebrates have thrived in numerous habitats due to their unique biological structures, aiming to inspire curiosity and deeper understanding of natural history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924099273629 20230627110559buckley 1883 us Reading ease score: 66.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Animals -- Juvenile literature Vertebrates -- Juvenile literature QL Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 797413 2025-06-29T03:56:28.615855 text/html 738258 2024-02-09T07:15:28 text/html 20471804 2025-06-29T03:56:50.886288 application/epub+zip 20472729 2025-06-29T03:56:35.950907 application/epub+zip 726658 2025-06-29T03:56:30.707867 application/epub+zip 22754211 2025-06-29T03:56:59.063206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 22682403 2025-06-29T03:56:46.141278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591084 2025-06-29T03:56:25.818890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 571183 2024-02-09T07:15:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16137 2025-06-29T03:56:59.233223 application/rdf+xml 23201 2025-06-29T03:56:31.188853 image/jpeg 3476 2025-06-29T03:56:30.949847 image/jpeg 25720438 2025-06-29T03:56:29.071867 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia