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When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799, it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange creature from the new colony of Australia? This is the story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly 90 years, challenging…
Résumé proposé en quatrième de couverture : "When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange creature from the new colony of Australia ? It defied rational explanation, with its webbed feet an…
"When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange creature from the new colony of Australia? It defied rational explanation, with its webbed feet and duck's beak attached to what seemed to be a…
When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. This volume tells the story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists and challenged theories of creationism and evolution.
" ... story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years, challenging theories of creationism, evolution, and the classification of species along the way."--Jacket
" ... story of a biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years, challenging theories of creationism, evolution, and the classification of species along the way."--Jacket.
