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Silvertown, Jonathan

 
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Synopsis

Charles Darwin was mocked for suggesting that humans have apes for ancestors, but every scientific advance in the study of life in the last 150 years has confirmed the reality of evolution. In 99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up leading experts explain this fundamental yet often complex subject and guide the general reader through the latest evidence. They explore our own origins and the genealogy of living things, as well as highlighting some of the key turning points in evolutionary history. Read the latest research on Darwin's finches and how new species evolve, uncover the flaws in 'intelligent design', find out what evolution has to say about psychology, the development of the human mind and morality, and how we are still evolving. With the use of colour illustrations and clear diagrams throughout, this is a comprehensive introduction to evolution and the latest thinking on the subject.

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À propos de l'auteur

The book is a collaboration by experts at The Open University, UK. Editor and contributor Jonathan Silvertown is an evolutionary biologist in the Department of Biological Sciences and is internationally known for his research on the evolution of plants; Peter Skelton is a palaeobiologist in the Department ofEarth Sciences and is recognised internationally as an authority on fossil bivalves and their evolution; Monica Grady is a professor of planetary and space science, and one of the world's leading meteorite experts; Caroline Pond is Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the Department of Biological Sciences. Richard Dawkinsdescribed her as A"the zoologists' zoologistA"; David Robinson is a zoologist and evolutionary biologist in the Department of Biological Sciences; Gary Slapper is Professor of Law and has a long-standinginterest in legal battles over the teaching of Darwinism inthe USA; Daniel Nettle worked at the Open University from 2001to 2004, and is currently Reader in the Centre for Evolution and Behaviour at Newcastle University.

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Charles Darwin was mocked for suggesting that humans have apes for ancestors, but every scientific advance in the study of life in the last 150 years has confirmed the reality of evolution. In 99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up leading experts explain this fundamental yet often complex subject and guide the general reader through the latest evidence. They explore our own origins and the genealogy of living things, as well as highlighting some of the key turning points in evolutionary history. Read the latest research on Darwin's finches and how new species evolve, uncover the flaws in 'intelligent design', find out what evolution has to say about psychology, the development of the human mind and morality, and how we are still evolving. With the use of colour illustrations and clear diagrams throughout, this is a comprehensive introduction to evolution and the latest thinking on the subject.

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9780226757780: 99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0226757781 ISBN 13 :  9780226757780
Editeur : Univ of Chicago Pr, 2009
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