The Tangled Bank

"The Tangled Bank" is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils documenting the move of our ancestors from sea to land. In the outback of Australia, a zoologist tracks some of the world's deadliest snakes to decipher the 100-million-year evolution of venom molecules. In Africa, geneticists are gathering DNA to probe the origin of our species. In clear, non-technical language, Zimmer explains the central concepts essential for understanding new advances in evolution, including natural selection, genetic drift, and sexual selection. He demonstrates how vital evolution is to all branches of modern biology-from the fight against deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria to the analysis of the human genome. Richly illustrated with over 300 illustrations and photographs, "The Tangled Bank" is essential reading for anyone who wants understand the history of life on Earth.

ISBN 0981519474   Pages 400 ISBN13 9780981519470 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1293 Publisher Roberts & Company Publishers   Published in Greenwood Village Imprint Roberts & Company Publishers   Height (mm) 249 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 196 Publication date 03 Nov 2009   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 576.8   Academic level Further/Higher education DEWEY edition DC22

1. Evolution: An Introduction 2. From Natural Philosophy to Modern Biology 3. What the Rocks Say 4. The Tree of Life 5. Evolution's Molecules 6. The Ways of Change: Mutation, Drift, and Selection 7. The History in our Genes 8. Adaptation: From Genes to Traits 9. The Origin of Species 10. Radiations and Extinctions: Biodiversity through the Ages 11. Intimate Partnerships: The Evolution of Friends and Enemies 12. Sex and Family 13. Evolutionary Medicine 14. Minds and Microbes: The Evolution of Behavior

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