| Description |
xii, 462 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Springer Nature Book Archives Millennium (2000-2004)
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. A Tahitian Prelude: Art, Myth, and Science -- Ch. 2. Bridging the Generation Gap: The Physical Basis of Ancestor-Descendant Relationship -- Ch. 3. Crane's Foot: Biological Meaning of Descent -- Ch. 4. Klados and Phyle: The Molecular Nature of Evolution -- Ch. 5. The Painted Tree: Methods of Phylogenetic Reconstruction -- Ch. 6. The Tree of Life: From the Root to the Crown -- Ch. 7. The Rise of the Metazoan Tribes: The New Phylogeny of the Animal Kingdom -- Ch. 8. Our Place in Nature: The Closest Living Relative -- Ch. 9. Of Time and the Tree: The Time Scale of Evolution -- Ch. 10. The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Hominids and the Origin of Homo sapiens -- Ch. 11. Through the Neck of a Bottle: The Genesis and the Genetic Nature of Homo sapiens -- Ch. 12. Who Are We? Where are We Going?: The Present Condition and the Future of Our Species |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-440) and index |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Origin.
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Human evolution.
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Molecular evolution.
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Evolution, Molecular.
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Genetics.
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| Author |
Takahata, Naoyuki.
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| LC no. |
2002280969 |
| ISBN |
3540425640 (hd.bd.) |
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