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Author Ault, Charles R., Jr., 1950- author.

Title Do elephants have knees? : and other Darwinian stories of origins / Charles R. Ault Jr.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Note Previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. This work invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children's books. The text weds children's literature to recent research in paleontology and evolutionary biology. Inquiring into the origins of origins stories, the author presents three portraits of Charles Darwin - curious child, twentysomething adventurer, and elderly worm scientist.
Audience Specialized.
Note Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 6, 2016).
Contents Introduction : wonderful relationships : Darwinian stories of origins -- "Curtiosity's" child : Bobby Darwin's impertinent early years -- Darwin and the pampas pirates : adventure in search of treasure -- Fossils, fools, and faults : rounding South America -- Irritating worms : the elderly Darwin fascinated by the intelligence of worms -- A lungfish walked into the zoo : on the origin of limbs from lobe-fins -- Out on a limb : sketching at the zoo to compare limb anatomy -- Nosey elephants : a tale of trunks and tusks -- The bearduck of baleen : on the origin of new traits from existing ones -- The saga of Mooshmael : the logic of evolutionary relationships -- The higgledy-piggledy whale : calling a whale a whale on purpose -- Archaic chickengators : amniotic archosaur ancestors of dinosaurs and birds -- Coral pigs and tidepool sheep : novel selections of behavior and anatomy -- Epilogue : femurs and footprints : on the trail of megabeasts.
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Anecdotes.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. (OCoLC)fst00029136
Evolution (Biology) -- Popular works.
Natural selection -- Popular works.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Science & Technology.
Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
Natural selection. (OCoLC)fst01034520
Genre/Form Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Other Form: Print version : 9781501704673
ISBN 9781501705861 (electronic book)
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