Understanding the Tree of Life
$55.63
- Paperback
246 pages
- Release Date
18 September 2025
Summary
Branching Out: A New Perspective on the Tree of Life
Challenge outdated views of evolution and embrace a clearer understanding of life’s incredible diversity with this enlightening exploration of evolutionary trees. Far from being a linear ladder of progress, evolution is a vast, branching tree where all species—humans included—are evolutionary cousins, not ancestors or descendants.
Every organism alive today shares the same 3.5 billion years of evolutionary history, uniquel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009207300 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 100920730X |
| Series: | Understanding Life |
| Author: | Kevin Omland |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 246 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 250g |
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About The Author
Kevin Omland
Kevin Omland is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, specializing in avian evolution, behavior, and conservation. His research focuses on using phylogenies to explore the evolution of colour and song in birds, with particular interest in female song in New World orioles and the conservation of the endangered Bahama Oriole. Passionate about teaching, he emphasizes biodiversity, evolutionary trees, and understanding humanity’s place in the tree of life. Kevin is an experienced author and has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed two book chapters on phylogeny and evolutionary biology.
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