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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Jones, Steve, 1944- Darwin's ghost. New York : Random House, ©2000 (OCoLC)623000814 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Steve Jones |
ISBN: | 0375501037 9780375501036 |
OCLC Number: | 42690131 |
Notes: | Previously published under title: Almost like a whale. |
Description: | xxix, 377 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. |
Other Titles: | Almost like a whale |
Responsibility: | Steve Jones. |
More information: |
Abstract:
A modern geneticist revisits Darwin's classic work to offer contemporary examples and modern research that confirm the book's conclusions on evolution.
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