Who Discovered Natural Selection?
- ISBN-10
- 1625133723
- ISBN-13
- 9781625133724
- Category
- Genes
- Pages
- 47
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-01
- Publisher
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Author
- Anna Claybourne
Description
Written in British English, Who Discovered Natural Selection? explains how scientists worked out the way in which living things evolve.
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