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Author:   Douglas Emlen ,  Zimmer Carl
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition:   Fourth Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 2.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 2.50cm
ISBN:  

9781319615703

ISBN 10:   1319615708
Publication Date:   24 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution  2 From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas 3 What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life 4 The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past 5 Raw Material: Heritable Variation Among Individuals 6 The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection  7 Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes  8 The History in Our Genes 9 From Genes to Traits: The Evolution of Genetic Networks and Development  10 Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild  11 Sex: Causes and Consequences 12 After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care 13 The Origin of Species 14 Macroevolution: The Long Run 15 Intimate Partnerships: How Species Adapt to Each Other 16 Brains and Behavior 17 Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape 18 Evolutionary Medicine 

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