Remarkable Creatures
Subtitle: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species
By: Sean B. Carroll.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780151014859
Subjects: Evolution (Biology) -- History; Naturalists -- Travel -- History
First sentence: Not so long ago, most of the world was an unexplored wilderness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: A Mixture of Spirit and Deed
pagenum: xiii; label: 1.
title: Introduction: Humboldt's Gifts
pagenum: 1; label: Part One
title: The Making of a Theory
pagenum: 11; label: 2.
title: Reverend Darwin's Detour
pagenum: 17; label: 3.
title: Drawing a Line between Minkeys and Kangaroos
pagenum: 47; label: 4.
title: Life Imitates Life
pagenum: 61; label: Part Two
title: The Loveliest Bones
pagenum: 73; label: 5.
title: Java Man
pagenum: 81; label: 6.
title: To the Big Bang, on Horseback
pagenum: 101; label: 7.
title: Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs
pagenum: 123; label: 8.
title: The Day the Mesozoic Died
pagenum: 143; label: 9.
title: Dinosaurs of a Feather
pagenum: 161; label: 10.
title: It's a Fishapod!
pagenum: 181; label: Part Three
title: The Natural History of Humans
pagenum: 199; label: 11.
title: Journey to the Stone Age
pagenum: 207; label: 12.
title: Clocks, Trees, and H-Bombs
pagenum: 237; label: 13.
title: CSI: Neander Valley
pagenum: 259; label: Afterword
title: The Shape of Things to Come
pagenum: 277; label: Acknowledgments
title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 285; label: References
title: Sources and Further Reading
pagenum: 287; label: Index
title: Index
pagenum: 313