# Evolution in Action

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- Authors: [Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-baptiste-de-panafieu), [Patrick Gries](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-gries)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-09-26

## Description

Evolution in Action, a resounding success on its initial publication in 2007, is a unique and beautiful attempt to provide a map of those billion years in time. In this sublime mosaic of photographs and text, evolutionary biologist Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and photographer Patrick Gries explore the skeletal record, showing through words and images the defining mechanics of all living vertebrates, including human beings. Here is a powerful pairing: two hundred stark black-and-white photographs produced by Patrick Gries in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History in Paris are accompanied by text from scientist and documentarian Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu. The result is a revealing collection that profoundly illustrates the key themes of evolution – homology, convergence, adaptation, polymorphism and more. Now updated and presented in a smaller

## Editions

### Evolution in Action

- Publisher: thames_and_hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0051-598-3
- Pages: 424
- Published: 2011-09-26
- Language: en_GB