The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes / Christopher Wills ; with photographs by the author.
2010
QH367 .W55 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes / Christopher Wills ; with photographs by the author.
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ISBN
9780199584383
0199584389
0199584389
Publication Details
Oxford [England] ; New York [N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 345 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number
QH367 .W55 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
576.8
Summary
Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The living world. Shape-shifters ; The inner workings of evolution ; The shifting earth ; Crucibles of speciation ; Rainforests, diseases, and speciation
The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits
A final postcard.
The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits
A final postcard.