Why evolution is true
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Viking,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 282 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780670020539 0670020532 |
Index Number: | Q11 |
CLC: | Q11 |
Call Number: | Q11/C881 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index. What is evolution -- Written in the rocks -- Remnants: vestiges, embryos, and bad design -- The geography of life -- The engine of evolution -- How sex drives evolution -- The origin of species -- What about us? -- Evolution redux. Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin. |