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by Stephen Jay Gould (Author) "ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, never known for egalitarian perspectives, had this to say about the relative merit of the sexes: Woman is the lesser man, and..." (more)
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What color is a zebra? Does the changing size of a Hershey bar hold a lesson of adaptive significance? Did an asteroid bring mass extinction to the earth 65 million years ago? Why do animals walk, fly, swim and slither but never roll? Human beings not withstanding, why are the females of most species larger than the males?

Behind each question and each answer lie concepts central to science and in particular to an understanding of evolution, the centerpiece of biology. Science is the art of the doable, and the science of evolutionary biology has changed our view of the world. It is important to remember that natural selection is not a perfecting principle, but a means of making sense of our earth as we find it today. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 414 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (April 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393311031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393311037
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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