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This is one of the best and certainly the most complete and up–to–date evolutionary textbooks in the market. This book has undergone extensive and welcome upgrading in the successive editions, since I have seen the earlier editions. Though it is comprehensive, it is easily followable by the students. The author is well known in the field and that is a big plus point.
The pedagogical aids are very good, with chapter opening outlines, summaries and questions, etc. The colour plates are very good, and the associated website is also quite useful. Hence, we are taking this valuable book as additional required reading.–V. Lakshminarayanan
"...this book certainly provides a good solid and up–to–date foundation to the subject of Evolution and one that I think students will find easy to use." Nick Colegrave, University of Edinburgh, in Genetic Research, May 2004
Nick Colegrave, University of Edinburgh, in Genetic Research, May 2004
"Provides a good solid and up-to-date foundation to Evolution and
one that I think students will find easy to use."
one that I think students will find easy to use."
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When Darwin put forward his theory of evolution by natural selection, he lacked a satisfactory theory of inheritance, and the importance of natural selection was widely doubted until it was shown in the 1920s and 1930s how natural selection could operate with Mendelian inheritance. Read the first page
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When Darwin put forward his theory of evolution by natural selection, he lacked a satisfactory theory of inheritance, and the importance of natural selection was widely doubted until it was shown in the 1920s and 1930s how natural selection could operate with Mendelian inheritance. Read the first page
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This text is very good for covering the theory of evolution in terms of statistics, but is lacking in detail in many important areas- well i say important, but they are just based on my evolution module. There is insufficient information on the origins of life, evolution of tetrapods, and human evolution. If this book covered these three areas in more detail then i'd give it 5 stars.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book as evolution and behaviour reference book for university. It is extremely comprehensive and covers all of it topics in a well structured way (that were far superior to some lecturers). It is fantastic as a reference book and is in fact my evolution bible - if I have a problem concerning evolution this is the first place I would look!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This general text is less flashy and, in parts, more detailed than Freeman & Herron (my recommended text for my evolution course). However, it does not cover human evolution and human health issues particularly well
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Clear but needs some updating
This textbook is exceptionally clear well written and easy to understand even for someone without a biology degree. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. C. L. O'reilly
Wonderful book
The book is easy to read, and it covers very well most of the areas of the field of evolution. I bought it because it is recommended in Richard Dawkin's "Evolution". Read more
Published 18 months ago by Jose M. Montojo Wodeson
A lovely reading
I've really enjoyed reading this book, even though I would have given it 4.5 stars and not 5.
The book covers all about the subject, from the very basic concepts to more... Read more
The book covers all about the subject, from the very basic concepts to more... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Cj
From the horses' mouths
A delightful and unusual book, comprising 65 landmark papers in Evolution,from 1779 to 2003, by way of Darwin, Fisher, Kimura, Crick and Medawar;touching on the fossil record,... Read more
Published on 21 April 2004 by W. James
very 'user-friendly'
having only read half the book, i am very pleased. i have no background in biology / genetics but this book is, unlike many others, very accessible and fun to read. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2004 by Philipp
The best evolutionary biology textbook available.
A thorough and detailed introduction to the theory of biological evolution. Goes into greater detail than competing textbooks, but Ridley's written style is far superior, and it... Read more
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