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Wills, Christopher.

The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes Christopher Wills ; with photographs by the author. - Oxford [England] ; New York [N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xiii, 345 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780199584383 (hbk.) 0199584389 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2010933162

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB072350 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015577615 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wills, Christopher--Travel.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evolution (Biology)--Popular works.
Ecology--Popular works.
Biodiversity conservation--Popular works.
Human evolution--Popular works.
Human beings--Migrations--Popular works.
Human ecology--Popular works.
Biological Evolution--Popular Works.

LC Class. No.: QH367 / .W52 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 576.8 / W6851