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Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
Jules Howard
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Description for Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
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There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms. Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped by these ancient events. Some animals live for just a few hours as adults, others prefer to kill themselves rather than live unnecessarily for longer than they are needed, and there are a ... Read more
There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms. Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped by these ancient events. Some animals live for just a few hours as adults, others prefer to kill themselves rather than live unnecessarily for longer than they are needed, and there are a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472915092
SKU
V9781472915092
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About Jules Howard
Jules Howard is a zoologist, writer, blogger and broadcaster. He writes on a host of topics relating to zoology and wildlife conservation, writing regularly for BBC Wildlife Magazine and the Guardian, and on radio and TV including BBC Breakfast, Sunday Brunch, Springwatch and BBC 5 Live. Jules also runs a social enterprise that has brought 100,000 young people closer to ... Read more
Reviews for Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
An altogether eye-opening, engaging, and enjoyably humorous (but never distasteful) guided tour through the world of death.
Science
What becomes clear in this impossibly bouncy, Tiggerish work is that living things have more ways of dying than we could ever imagine.
Daily Mail
... funny, clever, but also chock full of science ... a book that's ... Read more
Science
What becomes clear in this impossibly bouncy, Tiggerish work is that living things have more ways of dying than we could ever imagine.
Daily Mail
... funny, clever, but also chock full of science ... a book that's ... Read more