Almost Like a Whale

Steve Jones's book Almost like a Whale is a modern introduction to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species and closely follows its structure.

The sub title is: the origin of species updated. It was first published in London and New York by Doubleday in 1999 with ISBN 0385409850.

The title refers to Darwin's observation that a bear, swimming in a lake and catching insects in its mouth, might conceivably evolve over time into a creature "almost like a whale". This statement attracted much ridicule at the time.

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See also: Almost Like a Whale, 1999, Baleen whale, Bear, Book, Charles Darwin, Evolve, Insect, Origin of Species