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Title Icons of evolution : an encyclopedia of people, evidence, and controversies / edited by Brian Regal.

Imprint Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2008.

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Description 2 v. (xvii, 687 p.) : ill., map, ports. ; 27 cm.
Series Greenwood icons
Greenwood icons.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-671) and index.
Contents Vol. 1. Evolution as a paradigm / Olof Ljungstr©·om -- Charles Darwin / Bowdoin Van Riper -- T.H. Huxley: The evolution of the bulldog / Lisa Nocks -- Gregor Mendel / Dawn Mooney Digrius -- "Survival of the fittest," / Peter Bowler -- The Nea
Vol 2. The dinosaurs / David Fastovsky -- Archaeopteryx / Bent E.K. Lindow -- The fossil record / Olof Ljungstr©·om -- Geologic time scale and radiometric dating / Bowdoin Van Riper -- Piltdown man and the almost men / Brian Regal -- Fruit fl
Summary Offers a set of clear, understandable explanations for the evidence for evolution and why that evidence is so important for the understanding of the origins of life.
Subject Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias.
Added Author Regal, Brian.
Other Form: Online version: Icons of evolution. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2008 (OCoLC)761015926
ISBN 9780313339110 (set : alk. paper)
0313339112 (set : alk. paper)
9780313339127 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
0313339120 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
9780313339134 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
0313339139 (v. 2 : alk. paper)