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Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species - Sean B. Carroll

Remarkable Creatures

Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

By: Sean B. Carroll

Paperback | 21 August 2023

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One hundred fifty years ago, most of the world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age and origins was vastly off the mark, and our own species' history was a set of myths and fairy tales. How did we learn so much so fast?
In the tradition of "The Microbe Hunters" and "Gods, Graves, and Scholars," Sean Carroll's "Remarkable Creatures" celebrates the pioneers who replaced our fanciful notions with the amazing true story of how our world evolved. Carroll recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history--from Darwin's trip around the world to Charles Walcott's discovery of Precambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey's investigations of humanity's deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Join Carroll in a rousing voyage of discovery, from the journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.
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"These scientific adventurers inspire the author--and will do the same for experts and novices alike--with their fearless dedication to getting at the truth, as far as it can be known. A stirring introduction to the wonder of evolutionary biology." --Kirkus Review, 12/15/08

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