Evolution in Minutes
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1681440652 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Darren Naish is a vertebrate paleontologist and science writer. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate paleontology under British paleontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an MPhil and a PhD. He is the founder of the blog Tetrapod Zoology, currently published by Scientific American.
Evolution in Minutes is your compact and accessible guide to the central concepts of the science of evolution, revealing how biological populations change over successive generations. Contents include fossils, microbes, genes, DNA, natural selection, Darwinism, genetic drift, mutation, gene migration, heredity, adaptation, and variation, as well as key biological concepts necessary to understand the fascinating field of evolution.. Covering the basics of speciation, genesis, and extinction in animals, plants, and humans alike--from the origins and development of life to artificial selection and evolutionary algorithms--this is the fastest, fullest path to understanding evolution
Darren Naish is a vertebrate paleontologist and science writer. He is the founder of the blog Tetrapod Zoology, currently published by Scientific American.. He obtained a geology degree at the University of Southampton and later studied vertebrate paleontology under British paleontologist David Martill at the University of Portsmouth, where he obtained both an MPhil and a PhD