Evolution of Life
- ISBN-10
- 0534379451
- ISBN-13
- 9780534379452
- Category
- Biology
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-07-19
- Publisher
- Brooks Cole
- Authors
- Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart
Description
This brief and specialized book was designed for a general study of biology, and includes a brief history of evolutionary thought, microevolutionary processes, speciation, and macroevolution. Excerpted from the author's best-selling and respected book, BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, it also contains a customized table of contents and the back matter (the glossary, the index, etc.) from the larger book.
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