The monkey's voyage how improbable journeys shaped the history of life
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- ISBN: 9780465069767 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0465069762 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource : ill. (some col.), maps. - Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2014.
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General Note: | Description based upon print version of record. Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Of garter snakes and Gondwana -- Earth and life. From Noah's ark to New York : the roots of the story ; The fragmented world ; Over the edge of reason ; New Zealand stirrings -- Trees and time. The DNA explosion ; Believe the forest -- The improbable, the rare, the mysterious, and the miraculous. The green web ; A frog's tale ; The monkey's voyage ; The long, strange history of the Gondwanan islands -- Transformations. The structure of biogeographic "revolutions" ; A world shaped by miracles -- The driftwood coast. |
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