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090 _aQH 366.2 .M3933 2001
100 1 _aMayr, Ernst,
_d1904-2005.
245 1 0 _aWhat evolution is /
_cErnst Mayr.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_cc2001.
300 _axv, 318 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.
505 0 _aIn 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.
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
999 _c101764
_d101764