A review by nayzjayz
Darwin Comes to Town by Menno Schilthuizen

5.0

This book will make you see the Indian house crow in a new light. In addition to being clever and a total badass, the Indian house crow can also survive climatic conditions vastly different from those around the tropical belt. In fact, Menno retells a story bordering on avian true crime that involves politics, a hunt for survival and how the Indian house crow has managed to not only evade designated hunters but also survive the climatic conditions in Netherlands. Menno also tells the fascinating story of the peppered moth and how it evolved from pale to black at the peak of the industrial revolution and then black to pale once laws were revised and the black smog and soot over Manchester receded. From the mosquitos onboard the London tubes to Darwin’s finches, Menno Schilthuizen takes you on auditory, visual and fascinating journey as he explains about the fight for survival and how Human Induced Rapid Evolutionary Change (HIREC) is happening right under our noses, within our concrete jungles.