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.
9780199584383 (hbk.) 0199584389 (hbk.)
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Wills, Christopher--Travel.
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.