{"product_id":"the-tree-of-life-max-telford-9781324065425","title":"The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy are we the only species with chins? Where did our backbone come from? Why don't we have wings? For centuries, scientists have chased the secrets of how life on our planet arose, how it assumed its dazzling diversity of forms, and how we humans are related to everything else on Earth. With increasingly sophisticated genetic methods bringing us ever-closer to answers, evolutionary biologist Max Telford takes us inside this quest to reconstruct the \"tree of life\" the web of relationships between all our planet's species, from humans to mushrooms to bacteria. We learn how the tree of life is key to following evolution's twists and turns, starting with the mysterious \"last universal common ancestor\" to reach--eventually--you and me; how humans are \"really\" fish; and how the Venus flytrap got its trap. For any reader fascinated by evolution and natural history, \u003cem\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential portal to the distant past and a window onto our collective origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Telford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324065427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324065425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Max Telford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46838564684031,"sku":"9781324065425","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e27709c-fd63-4d77-ab9a-53162cf7bffb.jpg?v=1746590218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tree-of-life-max-telford-9781324065425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}