The author offers his insights on the disappearance of the Tahitian snail, the ecological crisis, the bent tail of an ichthyosaur, the evolution of the hearing bones, and more
This collection of essays range from history to the latest theories in biology, from controversies over palaeontology to the origins of language.
I also now understand , with an intellectual argument to back a previous feeling , what I find so troubling about the drive for standardization , on either vernacular ( McDonald's ) or boutique levels ( Ghirardelli Square or Harborside ...
One common argument against evolution held (and still holds among the lingering opposition) that small changes within a “basic kind” might occur, producing the range from Chihuahua to Great Dane, or Shetland pony to old dobbin hauling ...
This collection of essays ranges from history to the latest theories in biology, from controversies over palaeontology to the origins of language.