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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Grzimek, Bernhard.     Subjects     Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias.     Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Grzimek, Bernhard.       by title:      Grzimek's animal lif...         MARC Display

Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia [electronic resource] : evolution / Michael Hutchins, series editor ; Valerius Geist and Eric Pianka, advisory editors ; in association with The Wildlife Society. by Grzimek, Bernhard. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2011. Subjects Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias.   Evolution (Biology) -- Study and teaching. Electronic Resource http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:hawaiistatepub&res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft_id=info:sid/gale:bmcode:recid/3TIN Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access ISBN:  9781414486703 (electronic book) 9781414486697 (hardcover) Series:  Gale virtual reference library. Description:  1 online resource (xviii, 371 p.) : ill. (some col.). Contents:  Scientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galapagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Candid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate and human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation -- Further reading -- Organizations -- Glossary -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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