| Description |
xviii, 371 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Scientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- Mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification, and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galápagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Canid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate ad human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation. |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Hutchins, Michael.
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Geist, Valerius.
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Pianka, Eric R.
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Wildlife Society.
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| Added Title |
Animal life encyclopedia evolution
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Animal life encyclopedia. Evolution. |
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Evolution |
| ISBN |
9781414486697 hardcover |
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9781414486703 (e-book) |
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1414486693 hardcover |
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1414486707 (e-book) |
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