"Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature." -- Publisher annotation.
Record details
ISBN:9781476776644
ISBN:1476776644
ISBN:9781476776620
ISBN:1476776628
Physical Description:remote 1 online resource (xvi, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-439) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Three surprises: an introduction -- Darwin's little sketch -- A separate form of life -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Big tree -- Infective reality -- Topiary -- E pluribus unum.