Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547247786)

An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet.

Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species' history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars, Sean Carroll leads a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin's trip around the world to Charles Walcott's discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey's investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA.

Author: Sean B. Carroll
ISBN-10: 0547247788
ISBN-13: 9780547247786
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/03/2010 pg. 20