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The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent

Why We See So Well

Lynne A. Isbell

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ISBN 9780674061965

Publication Date: 09/30/2011

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224 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

33 line illustrations, 3 tables

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Lynne A. Isbell is Professor of Anthropology and Animal Behavior at the University of California, Davis.

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Listen to Lynne Isbell discuss her research on snakes and human evolution on NPR’s All Things Considered
Read more about Isbell’s reseach—which bears out the theories in The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent— in The Scientist and the Sydney Morning Herald

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2014 W.W. Howells Book Prize, Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association

An Atlantic Books of the Year Runner-Up, 2010

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009

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