What evolution is / Ernst Mayr.

  • Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005.
Date:
[2001], ©2001
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Basic Books, [2001], ©2001.

Physical description

xv, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents

In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.

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  • 0465044255