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Review: Remarkable Creatures by Sean B Carroll

Charles Darwin inevitably takes the leading role in the search for the origins of species, but here visionaries like Alfred Russel Wallace are rightly given their due
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Review: Remarkable Creatures by Sean B Carroll

DARWIN鈥橲 musings on the origin of species did not spring fully formed from his mind. offers the back-story, weaving palaeontology, naturalism and molecular biology into an epic, enjoyable adventure. While Darwin inevitably stars, visionaries like Alfred Russel Wallace are also given their due.

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Sean B. Carroll

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