Evolution
The View from the Cottage
- Editore:
Ronsdale Press
- Traduttore:
- Spencer Nigel
- EAN:
9781553801047
- ISBN:
1553801040
- Pagine:
- 168
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Evolution
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.