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Literary Nonfiction. Natural History. Translated from the French by Nigel Spencer. With all the attention given to "creationism" in the news these days, Jean-Pierre Rogel felt it was important to show how Darwin's concept of natural selection can be seen in action in everyday situations. Beginning with a familiar cottage scene that includes squirrels, loons, salmon and bears, Rogel expands his scope to explore the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology, showing how genes play a role in the extraordinary diversity of the plant and animal kingdom. Readers may be surprised to discover which animal is most closely related to whales, how nature makes a fin into a paw, how salmon have adapted to gaps in fishing nets, and what really sets humans apart from chimpanzees.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: Evolution
• Subtitle: The View from the Cottage
• Author: Jean-Pierre Rogel
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• EAN: 9781553801047
• ISBN: 9781553801047
• ID: 06447900
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Weight: 346 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 153 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. October 2010

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