Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 371 p)
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ill. (some col.)
ISBN:
9781414486703
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Uniform Title:
Animal life encyclopedia evolution
Content:
Scientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galapagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Candid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate and human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation -- Further reading -- Organizations -- Glossary -- Index.
Content:
Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781414486697
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781414486697
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia : evolution Detroit, Mich : Gale, 2011
Language:
English
URL:
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