Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Editorial Board
- Contents
- Preface
- The Relevance of Evolution to Contemporary Society
- Contributing Writers
- Scientific Methods and Human Knowledge
- Creation Stories: The Human Journey to Understand the Origins of Life on Earth
- History of Evolutionary Thought
- Charles Darwin: A Life of Discovery
- Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
- Origins of the Universe
- Origins of Life on Earth
- Speciation: The Origins of Diversity
- Sexual Reproduction
- Species Nomenclature, Classification and Problems of Application
- The Fossil Record: A Window to the Past
- What Does the Fossil Record Tell Us About Evolution?
- Biogeography: The Distribution of Life
- Genetics: The Blueprint of Life
- Genes and Development
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Adaptation and Evolutionary Change
- Sexual Selection
- Kin Selection
- Coevolution
- Optimal Reproductive Tactics and Life History Theory
- Evolutionary Physiology
- Industrial Melanism in Moths
- Galápagos Finches
- Artificial Selection
- Convergent Evolution and Ecological Equivalence
- Evolution of the Animal Eye
- Evolution of Flight
- Evolution of Limblessness
- Canid Evolution: From Wolf to Dog
- Dinosaurs
- Megafauna
- Non-Human Primate and Human Evolution
- Evolution of the Brain and Nervous System
- Evolution of Language
- Evolutionary Medicine and the Biology of Health
- Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation
- Further Reading
- Organizations
- Glossary
- Index