| Description |
xii, 673 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 624-645) and index. |
| Contents |
The conceit of hindsight -- The general prologue -- The pilgrimage begins -- rendezvous 0. All humankind -- Archaic Homo sapiens -- Ergasts -- Habilines -- Ape-men -- rendezvous 1. Chimpanzees -- rendezvous 2. Gorillas -- rendezvous 3. Orang utans -- rendezvous 4. Gibbons -- rendezvous 5. Old world monkeys -- rendezvous 6. New world monkeys -- rendezvous 7. Tarsiers -- rendezvous 8. Lemurs, bushbabies and their kin -- The great cretaceous catastrophe -- rendezvous 9. Colugos and the tree shrews -- rendezvous 10. Rodents and rabbitkind -- rendezvous 11. Laurasiatheres -- rendezvous 12. Xenarthrans -- rendezvous 13. Afrotheres -- rendezvous 14. Marsupials -- rendezvous 15. Monotremes -- Mammal-like reptiles -- rendezvous 16. Sauropsids -- rendezvous 17. Amphibians -- rendezvous 18. Lungfish -- rendezvous 19. Coelacanths -- rendezvous 20. Ray-finned fish -- rendezvous 21. Sharks and their kin -- rendezvous 22. Lampreys and hagfish -- rendezvous 23. Lancelets -- rendezvous 24. Sea squirts -- rendezvous 25. Ambulacrarians -- rendezvous 26. Protostomes -- rendezvous 27. Acoelomorph flatworms -- rendezvous 28. Cnidarians -- rendezvous 29. Ctenophores -- rendezvous 30. Placozoans -- rendezvous 31. Sponges -- rendezvous 32. Choanoflagellates -- rendezvous 33. Drips -- rendezvous 34. Fungi -- rendezvous 35. Amoebozoans -- rendezvous 36. Plants -- rendezvous 37. Uncertain -- The great historic rendezvous -- rendezvous 38. Archaea -- rendezvous 39. Eubacteria -- Canterbury -- The host's return. |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology) -- History.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
0618005838 |
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