Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, Evolution opens with a series of major essays dealing with the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with major empirical and theoretical questions in the science, from speciation to adaptation, from paleontology to evolutionary development (evo devo), and concluding with essays on the social and political significance of evolutionary biology today.A second encyclopedic section travels the spectrum of topics in evolution with concise, informative, and accessible entries on individuals from Aristotle and Linneaus to Louis Leakey and Jean Lamarck; from T. H. Huxley and E. O. Wilson to Joseph Felsenstein and Motoo Kimura; and on subjects from altruism and amphibians to evolutionary psychology and Piltdown Man to the Scopes trial and social Darwinism. Readers will find the latest word on the history and philosophy of evolution, the nuances of the science itself, and the intricate interplay among evolutionary study, religion, philosophy, and society.Appearing at the beginning of the Darwin Year of 2009—the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species —this volume is a fitting tribute to the science Darwin set in motion.

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Information

Publisher

Belknap Press

Year

2011

ISBN

9780674260016

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Evolution

Index

Biological Sciences

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
The History of Evolutionary Thought
The Origin of Life
Paleontology and the History of Life
Adaptation
Molecular Evolution
Evolution of the Genome
The Pattern and Process of Speciation
Evolution and Development
Social Behavior and Sociobiology
Human Evolution
Evolutionary Biology of Disease and Darwinian Medicine
Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm: Understanding Biological Forms
Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought
Evolution and Society
Evolution and Religion
American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and Prospect
Alphabetical Guide
Contributors
Illustration Credits
Index