Darwin Comes To Town: How The Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
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A captivating work of popular science, Darwin Comes to Town argues that cities are not evolutionary dead zones but rather powerful engines of rapid natural selection, reshaping the bodies, behaviors, and genomes of countless species in real time. Biologist Menno Schilthuizen chronicles a remarkable array of urban wildlife adaptations — from mosquitoes evolving in subway tunnels to birds shifting their songs to cut through traffic noise — illustrating that the concrete jungle is one of the most dynamic evolutionary laboratories on Earth. Written with wit and infectious enthusiasm, the narrative presents cutting-edge research alongside vivid field observations, making complex evolutionary biology accessible and thrilling for a general audience. Schilthuizen ultimately illustrates that human civilization, far from halting the natural world, has become one of its most potent selective forces, accelerating evolution at a pace Darwin himself could scarcely have imagined.
Author: Menno Schilthuizen
Format: Paperback
Published: 2019, Quercus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A captivating work of popular science, Darwin Comes to Town argues that cities are not evolutionary dead zones but rather powerful engines of rapid natural selection, reshaping the bodies, behaviors, and genomes of countless species in real time. Biologist Menno Schilthuizen chronicles a remarkable array of urban wildlife adaptations — from mosquitoes evolving in subway tunnels to birds shifting their songs to cut through traffic noise — illustrating that the concrete jungle is one of the most dynamic evolutionary laboratories on Earth. Written with wit and infectious enthusiasm, the narrative presents cutting-edge research alongside vivid field observations, making complex evolutionary biology accessible and thrilling for a general audience. Schilthuizen ultimately illustrates that human civilization, far from halting the natural world, has become one of its most potent selective forces, accelerating evolution at a pace Darwin himself could scarcely have imagined.