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Mar 30

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Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped The World — And Us By Patrick Roberts — Review

A comprehensive but flawed examination of the importance of tropical forests to the evolution of life throughout the millennia and of man’s relationship with tropical forests

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𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & writer

𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & writer

PhD evolutionary ecology/ornithology. Psittacophile. scicomm Forbes, previously Guardian. always Ravenclaw. discarded scientist & writer, now an angry house elf

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