Descending Sloth
John Maynard Smith, 1 April 1982
The Mammalian Radiations: An Analysis of Trends in Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour
by John Eisenberg.
Athlone, 610 pp., £32, December 1981,0 485 30008 7 Show More
by John Eisenberg.
Athlone, 610 pp., £32, December 1981,
“... book which would summarise the recent work on mammals and help us to think realistically about it. John Eisenberg has now written that book; it is hard to imagine anyone else who could have done so. He has studied a range of mammalian species in the wild. As assistant director of the Washington zoo, he has a wide familiarity with mammals in captivity. He ... ”