Table of Contents

(in brief) - I Background to the Study of Evolution - Evolutionary Biology - A Short History of Evolutionary Biology - Genetics and Development - Ecology - II Patterns and History - Classification and Phylogeny - The Fossil Record - A History of Life on Earth - The Geography of Evolution - III Evolutionary Processes in Populations and Species - Origin of Genetic Variation - Population Structure and Genetic Drift - Natural Selection and Adaptation - Multiple Genes and Quantitative Traits - Species - Speciation - IV Character Evolution - Form and Function - Evolution of Interactions among Species - Evolutions of Life Histories - Evolution of Behavior - Evolution of Genetic Systems - Molecular Evolution - V Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level - Development and Evolution - Pattern and Process in Macroevolution - The Evolution of Biological Diversity - Human Evolution and Variation - Evolutionary Biology in the Future - Contending with Creationism -