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Nature 425, 769-770 (23 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/425769a

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BOOK REVIEWEDNiche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution

byF. John Odling-Smee, , Kevin N. Laland & & Marcus W. Feldman


Princeton University Press: 2003. 486 pp. $75, £49.95 (hbk); $39.50, £26.95 (pbk)

"Niche construction changes our conception of the evolutionary process ... and should be regarded, after natural selection, as a second major participant in evolution." So argue the authors of this book as early as page 2.