The Beak of the Finch |
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| Author:
| Weiner, Jonathan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-09-946871-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1995 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Arrow |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage - and its heroes are an unsung British couple. It is uncannily fascinating to imagine the beak of the finch changing in our lifetime in response to evolutionary pressure. . . .
This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage - and its heroes are an unsung British couple. It is uncannily fascinating to imagine the beak of the finch changing in our lifetime in response to evolutionary pressure. . . .