''Almost like a Whale'' by

Steve Jones Steve or Steven Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Steve Jones (English presenter) (born 1945), English musician, disk jockey, television presenter, and voice-over artist *Steve Jones (musician) (born 1955), English rock and roll guita ...

is a modern introduction to Charles Darwin's '' Origin of Species'' and closely follows its structure. It won the 1999

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. An American version was published as ''Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated'' (). The title refers to Darwin's observation that a

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, 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.

References

1999 non-fiction books Biology books Books by Steve Jones (biologist) Evolutionary biology literature 1999 in biology {{zoology-book-stub