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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41420544 Title: Almost like a whale : the origin of species updated Author: Steve Jones Publisher: London : Doubleday, 1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0385409850 9780385409858 OCLC:41420544

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Almost like a whale : the origin of species updated

Author:	Steve Jones
Publisher:	London : Doubleday, 1999.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Containing anecdotes, facts and humour, this work uses 20th-century science to update the theories presented in Darwin's "The Origin of Species".
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Subjects	Natural selection. Evolution (Biology) Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882. -- On the origin of species. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular works
Named Person:	Charles Darwin
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Steve Jones Find more information about:
ISBN:	0385409850 9780385409858
OCLC Number:	41420544
Awards:	Winner of Good Book Guide Awards: Science and Nature 2000. Winner of BP Natural World Book Prize 1999.
Description:	xxx, 402 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:	Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties on theory -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution (continued) -- Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs -- Interlude: almost like a whale -- Recapitulation and conclusion.
Responsibility:	Steve Jones.

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