Copyright Information and Sources
Copyright Information
The Text
The text from this project was derived from the sources listed below. All of the text included in this project is basic biology and is defined as public knowledge since the information can be found in at least three sources. While the original words of the respective publishers of the information is copyrighted material, the ideas and paraphrased information is not since it can be found in at least three sources (by definition of public knowledge).
The Images
The background was retrieved from a public clipart site and is in the public domain, a broad term used to classify the copyright status of a computer program or image. The "Author", "Copyright", and "Contents" buttons were completely designed and created by Joshua Bond and are hereby placed into the public domain. The "Prev" and "Next" buttons were retrieved from a public clipart site and modified 30% by Joshua Bond and remain in the public domain. The red arrows and decorative bar below the above buttons were retrieved from a public domain clipart site. The copyright status of the remaining images are as follows:
Figure 1-1 - This image was designed and created by Joshua Bond and is hereby placed into the public domain.
Figure 1-2 - This image was retrieved from a site of which I cannot remember the URL address. Since no copyright information existed on the page, graphic, or supporting pages, I altered the background of this image from grey to white.
Figure 1-3 - (Same as above) This image was retrieved from a site of which I cannot remember the URL address. Since no copyright information existed on the page, graphic, or supporting pages, I altered the background of this image from grey to white.
Figure 1-4 - This image was provided courtesy of Harcourt Brace College Publishing, the publishers of "The Earth Through Time", by Harold L. Levin and is copyrighted 1994. The image was scanned at 300 dots per inch (the quality of the image has been reduced slightly to reduce the image size for display on the Internet) from page 264. Should you decided to utilized this image, please respect this company's copyright by either providing a link back to this project or by providing the above copyright information.
Sources
Natural History. March, 1987. Page 26+
Cowley, Geoffrey. Newsweek. October 2, 1989. Page 38.
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. Discover. April 1993. Pages 24-27.
Lawren, Bill. Omni. March 1989. Page 84.
Levin, Harold." The Earth Through Time". 1994. Various pages.
Margulis, Lynn. Science. April 1, 1991. Pages 378-381.