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I just finished "The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life" by Alan de Queiroz. It's about the biogeographical concepts of vicariance and dispersalism as competitive theories for the spatial distribution of life on earth. Per the title, de Queiroz is a dispersalist. The writing style is quite readable, and he describes some of the personalities involved. I have no biology background whatsoever, and I never felt lost reading this. A good read.
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