The Dominant Animal - Human Evolution And The Environment Paul R. Ehrlich And Anne H. Ehrlich - Science News

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The Dominant Animal - Human Evolution and the Environment Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich

January 31st, 2009; Vol.175 #3 (p. 34)

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The Dominant Animal - Human Evolution and the Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich

How human culture has shaped the environment, and how the environment has, in turn, shaped evolution.

Island Press, 2008, 428 p., $35

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Apr. 27, 2009 at 4:36am

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