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The variety of life : a survey and a celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived
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The variety of life : a survey and a celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived

by Colin Tudge

An illustrated guide exploring the diversity of Earth's living and extinct organisms, explaining the principles of biological classification and using evolutionary trees to map the relationships between various plant and animal groups.

Accession 30477 ISBN 0198503113 Publisher Oxford University Press
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