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Review: Remarkable Creatures by Sean B Carroll

By Priya Shetty

4 February 2009

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DARWIN’S musings on the origin of species did not spring fully formed from his mind. offers the back-story, weaving palaeontology, naturalism and molecular biology into an epic, enjoyable adventure. While Darwin inevitably stars, visionaries like Alfred Russel Wallace are also given their due.

See everything in our pick of the Darwin 200 books

Sean B. Carroll

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