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A brief history of insects. Six-legged hosts of the planet

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A brief history of insects. Six-legged hosts of the planet
14.99 €
Any history, including the history of the development of life on Earth, is an intricate interweaving of cause and effect. Take away one thing, and everything else changes beyond recognition - with these words and the famous example of the butterfly from Ray Bradbury's story, paleoentomologist Alexander Khramov begins his amazing story about the six-legged masters of the planet. We swat away flies and mosquitoes, fight cockroaches, avoid anthills, what to speak of lice! But without lice, man would still be hairy as a chimpanzee. And in general, in the absence of insects, vertebrates would never go on land, because there would be nothing to feed on. Yes, there are quite a few books about insects, but this is the first one that talks about them in terms of their formation and historical development. Paleoentomology is not math, much in this rapidly developing science is built on hypotheses and interpretations, but thanks to the emergence of ever new data and research methods, scientists can share with us exciting discoveries and conjectures, adding the next fragments to the picture of the world. And the author does it with passion and talent.
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