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Review: Remarkable Creatures by Sean B Carroll

By Priya Shetty

4 February 2009

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DARWIN’S musings on the origin of species did not spring fully formed from his mind. Sean B. Carroll offers the back-story, weaving palaeontology, naturalism and molecular biology into an epic, enjoyable adventure. While Darwin inevitably stars, visionaries like Alfred Russel Wallace are also given their due.

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Remarkable Creatures

Sean B. Carroll

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