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Why evolution is true / Jerry A. Coyne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coyne, Jerry A., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2009.
- Summary:
- Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin.
- Contents:
- 1 What Is Evolution? 1
- 2 Written in the Rocks 20
- 3 Remnants: Vestiges, Embryos, and Bad Design 55
- 4 The Geography of Life 86
- 5 The Engine of Evolution 111
- 6 How Sex Drives Evolution 144
- 7 The Origin of Species 168
- 8 What About Us? 190
- 9 Evolution Redux 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670020539
- 0670020532
- OCLC:
- 233549529
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- Publisher description
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