About this title: This work updates the theories of Darwin's "The Origin of the Species". It highlights the relationships of the living world using 20th century science to breathe life into Darwin's 19th century theory.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Anchor, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight w/o creases, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, covers/pgs flat w/sharp corners, mild age toning pgs, very slight shelf wear. 499 numbered pgs., Photos/other info available by e-mail. Daily(M-F)orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Books stored in smoke-free, climate controlled environment. Check our feedback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385409858ISBN:0385409850
Description: Good. This is an EX LIBRARY copy with all the usual stamps, marks etc. The inside flysheet has been tidily removed. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: First In This Edition
Binding: Paper Back
Publisher: Anchor Books, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Minor handling wear. Small gift inscription at the top of the first page. 499pp inc index. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor/Transworld Publishers, London UK
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Book VG ++ 7 3/4" Tall by 5 " Wide. xxxvii+499 pages including index & further reading. Pictorial softback with very slight wear to spine-ends & edges, light wear to corners with tiny creases. Text is spotless. Very nice condition. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor, Great Britain
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: * Good-Very Good. Small Octavo (8vo), approx. 8" (200mm) tall. Trade sized paperback, in a good-very good condition. Solid, clean and tight copy with some creasing to covers & spine and previous owner's name on front endpaper. Obtainable on request and readily supplied are scanned images, a comprehensive description or on-hand information. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BCA
Date Published: 1999
Description: Fine. BOOK CLUB EDITION-EXCELLENT CONDITION-READ ONCE CAREFULLY-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780552999588ISBN:055299958X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 519 pages. (519 pages) as 1862300259 edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385409858ISBN:0385409850
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition Signed By Author Exceptional Condition [Book Condition: Very Good / Dust Wrapper: Very Good] read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 02/09/1999
ISBN-13:9780385409858ISBN:0385409850
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 01/09/2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 01/09/2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 02/09/1999
ISBN-13:9780385409858ISBN:0385409850
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 02/09/1999
ISBN-13:9780385409858ISBN:0385409850
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Uk, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Very Good LITTLE WEAR. 1862300259 VERY GOOD LITTLE WEAR NO MARKS NOT X LIBRARY STARS STAMPED ON EDGE AND INSIDE COVER SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED I-7. Binding is Soft Cover STAR STAMPED EDGE. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781862300255ISBN:1862300259
Description: Very Good. Been hardly touched this book, still tightly bound, the cover is bright, the spine has a tiny sort of quiver so it has been opened or perhaps read once but very carefully, really like new clean lovely book Dispatched from Hampshire UK. read more
"Steve Jones assumes the role of a modern Charles Darwin updating "The Origin of Species," which Darwin updated in six editions during his lifetime. Jones, who follows every chapter of Darwins original book, adds a new chapter, "Interlude: Almost Like a Whale," just before the final chapter."
"Steve Jones is that rare combination of great communicator and solid scientist. In this year of Darwin's bicentenary, it is worth checking this out as an update in the progress since."
"In this book, the author (Steve Jones, a leading evolutionary biologist) attempts a re-do of Drawin's Origin of the Species, featuring, in the place of Darwin's material, a summary of some of the more recent evidence of evolutionary biology.
Some of this is very interesting. My favorite is the material on the HIV virus in the Introduction. Jones explains in fascinating detail how HIV has morphed into several different branches, now known as HIV 1-A, 1-B, 1-C 1-D, 1-D, and HIV-2 (with several branches of HIV-2 as well). The HIV-1 strains appear most often in European and other first-world homosexuals; the HIV-2 strains appear most often in African heterosexuals. Several promising antiviral treatments have foundered on the deft ability of the virus to quickly morph into another variant form that is largely resistant to the earlier treatment. Also compounding the medical challenges is the indisputable fact that HIV evolves within a single host, so that medications that initially are effective later are ineffective.
In other chapters, Jones gives a survey of many other recent discoveries, ranging from the Antarctic perch whose stomach enzymes have evolved into a blood antifreeze, to the evolution of the eye, which has independently evolved roughly 50 times, as evidenced by the fact that humans and many other mammals have a blind spot, where nerves merge before heading to the rear of the eye, and yet other animals have a much better design that avoids the blind spot.
If the book has a weakness, is that the author's attempt to include so many details becomes a bit tedious. It's too bad that it doesn't conclude with the same fascination as it begins with."
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