Pterosaurs: From Deep TimeAn epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses. But hidden in the attic of popular author - and noted scientific speculator - H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need... |
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... species . According to the generally accepted definition , a species , including the one to which we belong , Homo sapiens , 2 consists of a group of individuals ( often totaling several million or more ) that can suc- cessfully ...
... species are reassessed in light of the new finds . Sometimes , one or more fossils may be split away from their original species to form a new species . Much more commonly , taxonomists will take several supposedly different species and ...
... Species , and in its most basic form states that species are " groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations , which are reproductively isolated from other such groups . " There are many other species concepts ...