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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and ... Read more

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****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and
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A Brief History of Intelligence

Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI

by Max Bennett ...

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12 hours 17 min

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & SlowThe entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way ... Read more

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Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & SlowThe entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way
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A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth

4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters

by Henry Gee ...

Narrated by Henry Gee ...

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7 hours 47 min

'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!' ... Read more

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'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this book? - Everybody!'
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Life on Earth

by David Attenborough ...

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12 hours 26 min

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ... ... Read more

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A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ...
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A History of Seeing in Eleven Inventions

by Susan Denham Wade ...

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11 hours 20 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 'A remarkable achievement' - Stephen Fry In 2015 #thedress captured the world's imagination. Was the dress in the picture white and gold or blue and black? It inspired the author to ask: if people in the same time and place can see the same thing differently, how did people in distant times and places see the world? Jam-packed with fascinating stories, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 'A remarkable achievement' - Stephen Fry In 2015 #thedress captured the world's imagination. Was the dress in the picture white and gold or blue and black? It inspired the author to ask: if people in the same time and place can see the same thing differently, how did people in distant times and places see the world? Jam-packed with fascinating stories,
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Biogeography

A Very Short Introduction

by Mark V. Lomolino ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

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4 hours 5 min

Biogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life—ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation among regional populations of a species, to geographic trends in diversity of entire communities across our planet's sufrace. From the ancient hunters and gatherers to the earliest naturalists, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and scientists today, ... Read more

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Biogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life—ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation among regional populations of a species, to geographic trends in diversity of entire communities across our planet's sufrace. From the ancient hunters and gatherers to the earliest naturalists, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and scientists today,
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Good Enough

by Daniel S. Milo ...

Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

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8 hours 16 min

Why is the genome of a salamander forty times larger than that of a human? Why does the avocado tree produce a million flowers and only a hundred fruits? Why, in short, is there so much waste in nature? In this lively and wide-ranging meditation on the curious accidents and unexpected detours on the path of life, Daniel Milo argues that we ask these questions because we’ve embraced a faulty ... Read more

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Why is the genome of a salamander forty times larger than that of a human? Why does the avocado tree produce a million flowers and only a hundred fruits? Why, in short, is there so much waste in nature? In this lively and wide-ranging meditation on the curious accidents and unexpected detours on the path of life, Daniel Milo argues that we ask these questions because we’ve embraced a faulty
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Astrobiology

A Very Short Introduction

by David C. Catling ...

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4 hours 51 min

Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist ... Read more

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Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist
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Sensational

A New Story of our Senses

by Ashley Ward ...

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12 hours 22 min

Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. Whittling this high-powered and deliciously varied palette down to just five does a great disservice to the sensory experience, Sensational argues. In fact, we could have as many as fifty-three - and they could explain such mysteries as why we kiss, in what way music is a form of emotional currency, and how a dairy-rich diet strained ... Read more

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Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. Whittling this high-powered and deliciously varied palette down to just five does a great disservice to the sensory experience, Sensational argues. In fact, we could have as many as fifty-three - and they could explain such mysteries as why we kiss, in what way music is a form of emotional currency, and how a dairy-rich diet strained
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Invention of Tomorrow, The

A Natural History of Foresight

by Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, Adam Bulley ...

Narrated by Philip Battley ...

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7 hours 37 min

A spellbinding exploration of the human capacity to imagine the futureOur ability to think about the future is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. In The Invention of Tomorrow, cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable primates to creatures that hold the destiny of the planet in their hands ... Read more

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A spellbinding exploration of the human capacity to imagine the futureOur ability to think about the future is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. In The Invention of Tomorrow, cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable primates to creatures that hold the destiny of the planet in their hands
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Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science

"Unlock Cosmic Insights! Dive into powerful audio lessons on Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe."

by Elias Thornhill ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

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2 hours 34 min

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Blueprint

How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

by Robert Plomin ...

Narrated by Robert Plomin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA ... Read more

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Blueprint written and read by Robert Plomin.The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person - all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA
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Origins

How Earth's History Shaped Human History

by Lewis Dartnell ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the ... Read more

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A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the
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A Taste for the Beautiful

The Evolution of Attraction

by Michael J. Ryan ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs. He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that make them more sexually attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin explained why ... Read more

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Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs. He argued that animals have "a taste for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to evolve features that make them more sexually attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin explained why
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Time's Second Arrow

Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature

by Robert M Hazen, Michael L. Wong ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Of the codified laws of nature, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase as time passes. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die. Yet our senses tell us that miraculous order constantly emerges, too: children grow and learn; spontaneous patterns manifest in murmurations of ... Read more

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Of the codified laws of nature, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase as time passes. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die. Yet our senses tell us that miraculous order constantly emerges, too: children grow and learn; spontaneous patterns manifest in murmurations of
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Armas, gérmenes y acero

Breve historia de la humanidad en los últimos trece mil años

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by John Alex Toro ...

Unabridged

23 hours 36 min

Armas, gérmenes y acero, Premio Pulitzer 1998, cuestiona la prepotente visión occidental del progreso humano y nos ayuda a comprender cómo el mundo moderno y sus desigualdades han llegado a ser como son.Hace 13.000 años la evolución de las distintas sociedades humanas comenzó a tomar rumbos diferentes. La temprana domesticación de animales y el cultivo de plantas silvestres en el Creciente Fértil, ... Read more

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Armas, gérmenes y acero, Premio Pulitzer 1998, cuestiona la prepotente visión occidental del progreso humano y nos ayuda a comprender cómo el mundo moderno y sus desigualdades han llegado a ser como son.Hace 13.000 años la evolución de las distintas sociedades humanas comenzó a tomar rumbos diferentes. La temprana domesticación de animales y el cultivo de plantas silvestres en el Creciente Fértil,
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The Storytelling Animal

How Stories Make Us Human

by Jonathan Gottschall ...

Narrated by Kris Koscheski ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of ... Read more

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Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of
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The World Before Us

How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins

by Tom Higham ...

Narrated by John Sackville ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

Brought to you by Penguin.50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham. In The World Before Us, he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham. In The World Before Us, he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in
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Die Physik der Zukunft - Unsere Zukunft in 100 Jahren

by Michio Kaku, Michio Kaku ...

Narrated by Sebastian Seidel ...

Unabridged

16 hours 46 min

Wie werden wir leben – in 20, 60, 100 Jahren?Star-Physiker Michio Kaku sagt der Menschheit eine rosige Zukunft voraus. Roboter werden uns die Alltagsarbeit abnehmen. Küchengeräte und andere Maschinen steuern wir mit der Kraft unserer Gedanken. Medizinische Nanobots werden aufmerksam durch unsere Blut- und Nervenbahnen eilen und sogar Krebs heilen. Zu lästigen Meetings schicken wir unser Hologramm ... Read more

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Wie werden wir leben – in 20, 60, 100 Jahren?Star-Physiker Michio Kaku sagt der Menschheit eine rosige Zukunft voraus. Roboter werden uns die Alltagsarbeit abnehmen. Küchengeräte und andere Maschinen steuern wir mit der Kraft unserer Gedanken. Medizinische Nanobots werden aufmerksam durch unsere Blut- und Nervenbahnen eilen und sogar Krebs heilen. Zu lästigen Meetings schicken wir unser Hologramm
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The Flamingo's Smile

Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrated by Jonathan Sleep ...

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13 hours 33 min

Evolutionary theory in the theme that binds together these essays on such seemingly disparate topics as the feeding habits of flamingos, flowers and snails that change from male to female and sometimes back again, and the extinction from baseball of the .400 hitter. ... Read more

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Evolutionary theory in the theme that binds together these essays on such seemingly disparate topics as the feeding habits of flamingos, flowers and snails that change from male to female and sometimes back again, and the extinction from baseball of the .400 hitter.
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Labrador

The Story of the World’s Favourite Dog

by Ben Fogle ...

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7 hours 24 min

Sunday Times Bestseller‘Passionate and well-researched’ Tatler‘A must-read’ IndependentA social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world’s most beloved dogs, by writer, presenter and long-time dog lover Ben Fogle.Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and ... ... Read more

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Sunday Times Bestseller‘Passionate and well-researched’ Tatler‘A must-read’ IndependentA social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world’s most beloved dogs, by writer, presenter and long-time dog lover Ben Fogle.Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and ...
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Hidden Physics Behind Life's Origins, The

Unveil Life's Mysteries! Dive into gripping audio lessons on The Hidden Physics Behind Life's Origins.

by Grayson Wellmont ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

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3 hours 46 min

The Hidden Physics Behind Life's Origins⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you eager to unlock the mysteries underpinning our very existence?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the fundamental principles of life's origins through the lens of physics?Your search ends here!This audiobook serves as your ultimate companion for deepening your understanding, applyin... ... Read more

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The Hidden Physics Behind Life's Origins⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you eager to unlock the mysteries underpinning our very existence?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the fundamental principles of life's origins through the lens of physics?Your search ends here!This audiobook serves as your ultimate companion for deepening your understanding, applyin...
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Путеводитель зоолога по Галактике: Что земные животные могут рассказать об инопланетянах – и о нас самих

by Арик Кершенбаум, Арик Кершенбаум ...

Narrated by Роман Рассказов ...

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13 hours 50 min

Наши представления об инопланетянах как о необычной форме жизни зачастую основаны на зрелищных голливудских фильмах и фантастических рассказах. Однако биологические законы, действующие на нашей планете, работают во всех уголках Вселенной. Опираясь на свои профессиональные знания, наблюдения за животными и дарвиновскую теорию эволюции, зоолог Арик Кершенбаум рассказывает о том, какие черты, ... Read more

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Наши представления об инопланетянах как о необычной форме жизни зачастую основаны на зрелищных голливудских фильмах и фантастических рассказах. Однако биологические законы, действующие на нашей планете, работают во всех уголках Вселенной. Опираясь на свои профессиональные знания, наблюдения за животными и дарвиновскую теорию эволюции, зоолог Арик Кершенбаум рассказывает о том, какие черты,
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Brains Through Time

A Natural History of Vertebrates

by Georg F. Striedter, R. Glenn Northcutt ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

16 hours 9 min

When did the first vertebrates emerge, and how did they differ from their invertebrate ancestors? When did vertebrates evolve jaws, paired fins, pattern vision, or a neocortex? How have evolutionary innovations such as these impacted vertebrate behavior and success? Georg Striedter and R. Glenn Northcutt answer these fundamental questions about all major vertebrate lineages. Highlighting the key ... Read more

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When did the first vertebrates emerge, and how did they differ from their invertebrate ancestors? When did vertebrates evolve jaws, paired fins, pattern vision, or a neocortex? How have evolutionary innovations such as these impacted vertebrate behavior and success? Georg Striedter and R. Glenn Northcutt answer these fundamental questions about all major vertebrate lineages. Highlighting the key
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