They say there's always more than one way to solve a problem, but some ways are better than others. Whether it's tall ears, shells, beaks, or even glowing phosphorescence, the animal world is filled with examples of creatures who don't share the same family tree but who do share important survival traits. In this fun, fact-filled look at convergent evolution, author Bridget Heos shows readers how some key survival problems are solved by some very different animals.
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They say there's always more than one way to solve a problem, but some ways are better than others. Whether it's tall ears, shells, beaks, or even glowing phosphorescence, the animal world is filled with examples of creatures who don't share the same family tree but who do share important survival traits. In this fun, fact-filled look at convergent evolution, author Bridget Heos shows readers how some key survival problems are solved by some very different animals.
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New. We think of evolution as a tree with branches that make clear, linear sense-with one animal and its traits clearly derived from one that came before it genetically. But what about animals who share key traits but aren't on the same family tree? This is called convergent evolution, and the big ideas that Bridget Heos tackles in a kid-friendly way. Num Pages: full colour photographs. BIC Classification: YNNR; YQS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 228 x 254 x 8. Weight in Grams: 454. 2017. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New in new dust jacket. New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory.
