TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayr,Ernst
TI  - What evolution is
SN  - 0465044255 (alk. paper)
AV  - QH366.2 .M3933 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index; In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology
N2  - A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better
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