Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780738201689ISBN-10:738201685UPC:9780738201689Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.21 x 6.15 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCV3901NJT
Children of Prometheus: The Accelerating Pace of Human Evolution
Are we still evolving? Scientists have grappled with this question since the time of Darwin. Now, in this provocative book, biologist Christopher Wills argues that we are not only continuing to evolve but that our pace of change is accelerating. He examines the rapid, short-term evolutionary change taking place in people living at the earth's extremes (even as babies, Tibetans can draw in more...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780738201689ISBN-10:738201685UPC:9780738201689Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.21 x 6.15 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCV3901NJT
Christopher Wills is Professor of Biology at the University of California at San Diego. His books include Yellow Fever, Black Goddess and Children of Prometheus. Jeffrey Bada is Professor of Marine Chemistry and Director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
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