Books like Evolution's workshop by Edward J. Larson
First publish date: 2001
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Edward J. Larson
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Evolution: Making Sense of Life by Carl Zimmer and Douglas J. Emlen
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of Evolution by Stephen Jay Gould
The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance by Nessa Carey
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