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Written primarily for 16-19 year old students, this concise introduction to evolution traces the history of the emergence of life, contextualising the development of evolutionary thought and discussing the implications of evolutionary processes on modern-day genomics, biochemistry and ecology. The primer aims to extend students'' knowledge and inspire them to take their school-level learning further. It explores topics that are familiar from the curriculum and also introduces new ideas, giving students a first taste of the study of biology beyond school-level and demonstrating how concepts frequently encountered at school are relevant to and applied in current research. This is the ideal text to support students who are considering making the transition from studying biology at school to university.Digital formats and resourcesThe book is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources: The e-book offers a mobile experie

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1. Introducing evolution 2. The birth and death of species 3. What's the evidence? 4. The evolution of the theory 5. Human evolution 6. The human story so far

Evolution Oxford Biology Primers

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 25 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780198862574
      978-0198862574
      ISBN-10 0198862571
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      Science & Nature Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written primarily for 16-19 year old students, this concise introduction to evolution traces the history of the emergence of life, contextualising the development of evolutionary thought and discussing the implications of evolutionary processes on modern-day genomics, biochemistry and ecology. The primer aims to extend students'' knowledge and inspire them to take their school-level learning further. It explores topics that are familiar from the curriculum and also introduces new ideas, giving students a first taste of the study of biology beyond school-level and demonstrating how concepts frequently encountered at school are relevant to and applied in current research. This is the ideal text to support students who are considering making the transition from studying biology at school to university.Digital formats and resourcesThe book is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources: The e-book offers a mobile experie

      Table of Contents
      1. Introducing evolution 2. The birth and death of species 3. What's the evidence? 4. The evolution of the theory 5. Human evolution 6. The human story so far

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