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The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life

Alan de Queiroz

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Description:How did species wind up where they are today? Scientists have long conjectured that plants and animals dispersed throughout the world by drifting on large landmasses as they broke up, but in "The MonkeyOCOs Voyage," biologist Alan de Queiroz offers a radical new theory that displaces this passive view. He describes how species as diverse as monkeys, baobab trees, and burrowing lizards made incredible long-distance ocean crossings: pregnant animals and wind-blown plants rode rafts and icebergs and even stowed away on the legs of sea-going birds to create the map of life we see today. In the tradition of John McPhee's "Basin and Range" and David Quammen's "The Song of the Dodo," "The MonkeyOCOs Voyage" is a beautifully told narrative of a profound investigation into the importance of contingency in history and the nature of scientific discovery."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life. To get started finding The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: How did species wind up where they are today? Scientists have long conjectured that plants and animals dispersed throughout the world by drifting on large landmasses as they broke up, but in "The MonkeyOCOs Voyage," biologist Alan de Queiroz offers a radical new theory that displaces this passive view. He describes how species as diverse as monkeys, baobab trees, and burrowing lizards made incredible long-distance ocean crossings: pregnant animals and wind-blown plants rode rafts and icebergs and even stowed away on the legs of sea-going birds to create the map of life we see today. In the tradition of John McPhee's "Basin and Range" and David Quammen's "The Song of the Dodo," "The MonkeyOCOs Voyage" is a beautifully told narrative of a profound investigation into the importance of contingency in history and the nature of scientific discovery."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life. To get started finding The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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