Darwin's ghost

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"Charles Darwin's masterpiece, The Origin of Species, is probably the best-known, least-read book. Unquestionably one of the most important achievements of the millennium, the book caused a sensation when it was published in 1859, because it forced mankind to see itself as part of the animal world - a notion that hundreds of millions still deny. Writing as "Darwin's ghost," the well-known geneticist Steve Jones has drawn on our ever-expanding scientific knowledge and the brilliant logic set out in The Origin to restate evolution's case for the twenty-first century." "Using contemporary examples - the AIDS virus, the rules of the American Kennel Club, the sheep who never forget a face and the garbage that floats in the Pacific - he shows the power and immediacy of Darwin's great argument."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Évolution (biologie),  Evolution (Biology),  Evolutionstheorie,  Darwinisme,  Sélection naturelle,  Evolutionsfaktor,  Natural selection,  Evolutietheorie,  Popular works,  Artbildung,  Seleção natural,  Biologia (evolução),  Genetic Selection,  Biological Evolution,  On the origin of species (Darwin, Charles),  Evolution

People: Charles Darwin (1809-1882)