Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll.

By:

Carroll, Sean B, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.Description: xix, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780151014859
015101485X

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QH 361 C319r 2009

Contents:

A mixture of spirit and deed Introduction: Humboldt's gifts 1: The making of a theory Reverend Darwin's detour Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos Life imitates life 2: The loveliest bones Java man To the big bang, on horseback Where the dragon laid her eggs The day the mesozoic died Dinosaurs of a feather It's a fishapod! 3: The natural history of humans Journey to the Stone Age Clocks, trees, and H-bombs CSI: Neander Valley Afterword: the shape of things to come

Summary: An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-311) and Index.

A mixture of spirit and deed
Introduction: Humboldt's gifts
1: The making of a theory
Reverend Darwin's detour
Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos
Life imitates life
2: The loveliest bones
Java man
To the big bang, on horseback
Where the dragon laid her eggs
The day the mesozoic died
Dinosaurs of a feather
It's a fishapod!
3: The natural history of humans
Journey to the Stone Age
Clocks, trees, and H-bombs
CSI: Neander Valley
Afterword: the shape of things to come

An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today

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