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Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shu...

Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of...

Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shu...

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Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.

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Full title

Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]

Alternative title

Decoding 4 billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA

Call Numbers

G 2020/2266

Record Identifier

74VKaPzxvbwX

MMS ID

991024312209502626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Five words -- Embryonic ideas -- Maestro in the genome -- Beautiful monsters -- Copycats -- Our inner battlefield -- Loaded dice -- Mergers and acquisitions.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

[2020]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals liv...

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Full title

Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.

Portion of title

Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2020/2266

Record Identifier

74VKaPzxvbwX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPzxvbwX

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781101871331 hardcover

1101871334 hardcover

DDC

576.83

MMS ID

991024312209502626

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