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Darwin's ghost : a radical scientific updating of The origin of species for the 21st century / Steve Jones.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxix, 377 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0375501037 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Almost like a whale
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8/2 21
LOC classification:
  • QH375 .J66 1999
Contents:
Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties on theory -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution (continued) -- Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs -- Interlude: almost like a whale? -- Recapitulation and conclusion.

Originally published under title: Almost like a whale : The origin of species updated. London : Doubleday, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-359) and index.

Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties on theory -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution (continued) -- Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs -- Interlude: almost like a whale? -- Recapitulation and conclusion.

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