Survival of the Sickest (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Lamarck
• Villarreal
• Pythagoras
• Ewald
• E. Coli
• Aran Gordon

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• “Aran Gordan was rusting to death.”

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• Europe
• Africa
• Guinea
• United States
• Cawdor
• Asia
• Italy
• America

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1. Sharon Moalem (Author)
2. Jonathan Prince (Author)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 616.042

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• Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Anthropology › Evolution
• Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution
• Books › Professional & Technical › Medical › Research
• Books › Science › Evolution
• Books › Medicine › Research
• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Disorders & Diseases