The greatest Safari : --in the beginning was Africa : the story of evolution seen from the African savannah / Søren Rasmussen.

By:

Rasmussen, Soren [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781928211556

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DT4 .G743 2014

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Contents:

Parallel Stories; Chapter 8: A Detour to the Plant Kingdom; Chapter 9: Nature Invents Social Networks; Chapter 10: King Kong in the Mist: On the Track of Gorillas, Human Apes and Human Beings; Chapter 11: Where Did We Come From?; Sources

Subject: Why does the zebra have stripes and the elephant a long trunk? How did the giraffe acquire a long neck and why does a hippopotamus lie in muddy water all day? How does an acacia tree kill grazing wild? Do wild animals speak to each other and do they have feelings?In The Greatest Safari, the reader is taken on an African adventure and told stories about the feelings, senses and communication of the savannah's many inhabitants. From sausage trees, cycads, termites and ants to lions, hyenas, bats and gorillas.This book deals with the mechanisms that propelled life. We humans have acquired the fac.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DT4.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn903357160

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Honeyguide's Tale; chapter 2: White Man in Africa; chapter 3: Safari in the Masai Mara; Chapter 4: An Odyssey through the Evolution of Evolution; chapter 5: Philosophical Heavyweights; Chapter 6: A Bridge between Spirit and Matter; Chapter 7: Animals and Plants -- Parallel Stories; Chapter 8: A Detour to the Plant Kingdom; Chapter 9: Nature Invents Social Networks; Chapter 10: King Kong in the Mist: On the Track of Gorillas, Human Apes and Human Beings; Chapter 11: Where Did We Come From?; Sources

Why does the zebra have stripes and the elephant a long trunk? How did the giraffe acquire a long neck and why does a hippopotamus lie in muddy water all day? How does an acacia tree kill grazing wild? Do wild animals speak to each other and do they have feelings?In The Greatest Safari, the reader is taken on an African adventure and told stories about the feelings, senses and communication of the savannah's many inhabitants. From sausage trees, cycads, termites and ants to lions, hyenas, bats and gorillas.This book deals with the mechanisms that propelled life. We humans have acquired the fac.

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