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Aristotles successor at the lyceum, theophrastus, wrote a series of books on botanythe history of plantswhich survived as the most important contribution of antiquity to botany, even into the middle ages. The good thing is that there is a plethora of books out there to educate the public about evolutionary biology. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. Exploring the biological contributions to human health discusses basic biochemical differences in the cells of males and females and health variability between the sexes from conception throughout life.
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