
30-Second Evolution
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The History of Evolution
- GLOSSARY
- Before Evolution
- Transmutation & Archetypes
- Variation & Selection
- Profile: Charles Darwin
- The Rediscovery of Mendel
- Understanding Genes in Populations
- The Modern Synthesis
- Controversies
- The Origin of Species
- GLOSSARY
- Species & Taxonomy
- Building Phylogenies
- Making Species: Isolation
- Profile: Alfred Russel Wallace
- Mechanisms of Isolation
- Mutation & Speciation
- From Adaptation to Speciation
- Species Diversity
- Natural Selection
- GLOSSARY
- Populations
- The Need for Adaptation
- Genes
- Profile: J.B.S. Halbane
- Genetic Variation
- Polymorphism & Genetic Drift
- Types of Selection
- Units of Selection
- Evolutionary History & Extinction
- GLOSSARY
- How Life Began
- The Geological Record
- Geological Change & Mammalian Evolution
- Profile: Lynn Margulis
- Emergence of Major Plant and Animal Groups
- Evolutionary Rates & Extinctions
- The Mystery of the Cambrian Explosion
- Great Extinctions
- Causes of Extinction
- Evolution in Progress
- GLOSSARY
- Evolutionary Constraints
- Coevolution
- Convergent Evolution
- Industrial Melanism
- New Species
- Profile: Peter & Rosemary Grant
- Evolution of Animal Behaviour
- Altruism & Selfishness
- Sex & Death
- GLOSSARY
- The Paradox of Sex
- Sex Ratios
- Sexual Selection
- Sperm Competition
- Parent-Offspring Conflict
- Profile: Bill Hamilton
- Sex & Evolutionary Arms Races
- Inbreeding Avoidance
- Humans & Evolution
- GLOSSARY
- Ancestors & Timescale
- Tool Use by Humans & Other Apes
- Evolution of the Brain
- Evolution of Human Language
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Profile: The Leakey Family
- Humans Causing Evolution
- Human Evolution: The Future
- APPENDICES
- Resources
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
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