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BL
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711800
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b533989
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| Main Entry
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Wills, Christopher.
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| Title & Author
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The Darwinian tourist : : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes /\ Christopher Wills ; with photographs by the author.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford [England] ;New York [N.Y.] :: Oxford University Press,, 2010.
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 345 p. :: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;; 26 cm.
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| ISBN
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0199584389 (hbk.)
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: 9780199584383 (hbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.
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| Contents
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The living world. Shape-shifters ; The inner workings of evolution ; The shifting earth ; Crucibles of speciation ; Rainforests, diseases, and speciation -- The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits -- A final postcard.
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| Abstract
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Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife
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Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife.
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| Subject
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Wills, Christopher-- Travel.
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Biodiversity conservation, Popular works.
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Ecology, Popular works.
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Evolution (Biology), Popular works.
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Human beings-- Migrations, Popular works.
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Human ecology, Popular works.
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Human evolution, Popular works.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.8
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| LC Classification
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QH367.W55 2010
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