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The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes / Christopher Wills ; with photographs by the author.

By: Wills, Christopher.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford [England] ; New York [N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiii, 345 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780199584383 (hbk.); 0199584389 (hbk.).Subject(s): Wills, Christopher -- Travel | Evolution (Biology) -- Popular works | Ecology -- Popular works | Biodiversity conservation -- Popular works | Human evolution -- Popular works | Human beings -- Migrations -- Popular works | Human ecology -- Popular works | Biological Evolution -- Popular WorksDDC classification: 576.8 LOC classification: QH367 | .W52 2010
Contents:
The living world. Shape-shifters ; The inner workings of evolution ; The shifting earth ; Crucibles of speciation ; Rainforests, diseases, and speciation -- The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits -- A final postcard.
Summary: Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.

The living world. Shape-shifters ; The inner workings of evolution ; The shifting earth ; Crucibles of speciation ; Rainforests, diseases, and speciation -- The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits -- A final postcard.

Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife.

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