Nothing in biology begins when you think it does

Abstract Neil Shubin has written an excellent, accessible book explaining how innovations in biology evolve. The key insight—one provided by Darwin but fleshed out by biologists over the subsequent century and a half—is that the precursors of traits involved in innovations usually were present in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norman Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Evolution: Education and Outreach
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-020-00139-3