Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

by Jonathan B. Losos

Book Overview

A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution works Earth's natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change--a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze--caused evolution to take a completely different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399184929
• ISBN13: 9780399184925
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"