Evolution
2nd Edition
Published on 1. October 1998
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-565-09134-7 (ISBN)
Description
Introducing ideas on how life originated and diversified on earth, this text provides a summary of modern evolutionary theory. It includes chapters on neural evolution and gene evolution, molecular evolution, and the latest theories in the late 1990s on the evolution of humans.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, further reading, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-565-09134-7 (9780565091347)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Propositions; species; variation within the species; heredity; genetics and variation; mutation; natural selection theory; selection in action; neutral evolution and the molecular clock; gene families and gene evolution; the origin of the species; speciation in the Galapagos Islands; the hierarchy of life; proof and disproof; science and politics; the origin and early evolution of life; evolution and humanity; who's who.