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The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life
By de Queiroz, Alan
- ISBN
- 9780465020515
- Publisher
- Basic: Perseus
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Starred Review on February 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
Evolutionary biologist de Queiroz (adjunct faculty, Univ. of Nevada, Reno) presents a fascinating exploration of the field of biogeography—the study of the distribution of living things—and one of its most fundamental concerns: What explains the presence of closely related lineages on land masses separated by oceans or seas? According to de Queiroz, two schools of thought have battled for decades about the answer, one claiming that these species are an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
