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Title Statement | Why rats laugh & jellyfish sleep: and other enchanting stories of evolution / David Stipp. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Why rats laugh and jellyfish sleep |
Author | Stipp, David |
Publication | Portland, OR: Timber Press,[2025]©2025 |
Extent of Item | 318 pages |
ISBN | 9781643264875 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr08023236 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Why do cats live longer than dogs? Why do so many kinds of bees have stripes? Why do we have to sleep? Why can you smell a skunk a mile away, and does it have to smell so bad? Sometimes evolution's work is elegant and obvious; sometimes not so much. The Everyday Darwinist concerns itself with that latter category: what can sometimes seem like evolution's blunders or overcorrections. Each chapter unpacks a different evolutionary puzzle, as the book makes the case that there's no more engaging way to deepen one's love of the natural world"-- |
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By Topic | Evolution (Biology) |
Evolution |