TY  - GEN
T1  - Nature strange and beautiful : how living beings evolved and made the earth a home
A1  - Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., 1940-
A2  - Ziegler, Christian
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven ; London
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1111971036
AB  - A beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human societies In this rich, wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume, Egbert Leigh explores the results of billions of years of evolution at work. Leigh, who has spent five decades on Panama's Barro Colorado Island reflecting on the organization of various amazingly diverse tropical ecosystems, now shows how selection on "selfish genes" gives rise to complex modes of cooperation and interdependence. With the help of such artists as the celebrated nature photographer Christian Ziegler, natural history illustrator Deborah Miriam Kaspari, and Damond Kyllo, Leigh explains basic concepts of evolutionary biology, ranging from life's single-celled beginnings to the complex societies humans have formed today. The book covers a range of topics, focusing on adaptation, competition, mutualism, heredity, natural selection, sexual selection, genetics, and language. Leigh's reflections on evolution, competition, and cooperation show how the natural world becomes even more beautiful when viewed in the light of evolution
OP  - 258
CN  - QH361 .L454 2019
SN  - 9780300249163
SN  - 0300249160
SN  - 0300244622
SN  - 9780300244625
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Evolutionary genetics.
KW  - Human evolution.
KW  - Biodiversity.
KW  - Biotic communities.
KW  - Nature (Aesthetics)
KW  - Génétique évolutive.
KW  - Êtres humains : Évolution.
KW  - Biodiversité.
KW  - Nature (Esthétique)
KW  - SCIENCE : Life Sciences : Evolution.
KW  - Biotic communities
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Evolutionary genetics
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - Instructional and educational works.
KW  - Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
ER  -