From 鈥渙ne of the master naturalists of our time鈥� (American Scientist), a fascinating exploration of what seashells reveal about biology, evolution, and the history of life
From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual...
Here is one biologist's interpretation of the chronology of life during the last six hundred million years of earth history: an extended essay that draws on the author's own data and a wide-ranging literature survey to discuss the...
