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'''''Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution''''' is a popular science book about [[evolution]] written by Dr. [[Jonathan Losos]] and published on 2017-08-08. In the book, Losos, who has a doctorate in zoology and specializes in herpetology, focuses heavily on convergent evolution: what it is, why it occurs, and how we can use it to make general predictions about the future of evolution.
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'''''Improbable Destinies''''' is a popular science book about [[evolution]] written by Dr. [[Jonathan Losos]] and published on 2017-08-08. The book was published with different subtitles, in the USA it's ''Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution'', while in the UK, it's ''How Predictable Is Evolution?''
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In the book, Losos, who has a doctorate in zoology and specializes in herpetology, focuses heavily on convergent evolution: what it is, why it occurs, and how we can use it to make general predictions about the future of evolution.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:18, 8 October 2021

US hardcover.

Improbable Destinies is a popular science book about evolution written by Dr. Jonathan Losos and published on 2017-08-08. The book was published with different subtitles, in the USA it's Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution, while in the UK, it's How Predictable Is Evolution?

In the book, Losos, who has a doctorate in zoology and specializes in herpetology, focuses heavily on convergent evolution: what it is, why it occurs, and how we can use it to make general predictions about the future of evolution.

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Always eager to expand my understanding of evolution, I found an audio book of this and decided to read it.

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I do not own this book, but am currently listening to the audio book read by Marc Cashman.

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