| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution. |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Hutchins, Michael, editor.
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Geist, Valerius, editor.
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Pianka, Eric R., editor.
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Wildlife Society.
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| Added Title |
Animal life encyclopedia evolution |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia : evolution Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2011 9781414486697 (DLC) 2010038259 |
| ISBN |
9781414486703 (electronic book) |
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9781414486697 (hardcover) |
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