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af Theodore Roosevelt ...

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af Theodore R. Johnstone M.D. ...

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af Donald R. Prothero ...

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af Filomena de Sousa ...

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af Abdoul khoudouss Kamara ...

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af Michael Bradford ...

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Charles Darwin: Textos esenciales

af Charles Darwin ...

Serier serie Textos esenciales
Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensión de que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se denomina a sí mismo ... Læs mere

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The Fly Room

Biological Analogies in History

The Primate Elaboration of Life

Homo Sapiens. Обезьяна, которая отказалась взрослеть

Early Life on Earth

Cro-Magnon

Darwin's Dogs

Rhodophyta Volume 5

Rhinos of the World

The Logarithmic Nature of Time: From the Start of Life to Symbolizing Humanity

¿Deberíamos comer carne?

A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology

Escaping From Predators

Odd Couples

The Evolution of Inanimate Objects

Religion Explained

The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective

Boundaries of Evolution

Evolution

Sex, Reproduction and Darwinism

Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3

Time

Consciousness: The New Paradigm

Charles Darwin: Textos esenciales