Table of Contents

Preface

I. INTO THE JUNGLE

1. Reverend Darwin’s Detour

2. Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos

3. Life Imitates Life

II. ON THE TRAIL OF ANCIENT HUMANS

4. Java Man

5. Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs

III. ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

6. The Day the Mesozoic Died

7. Miss Latimer’s Extraordinary Fish

IV. EVOLUTION IN ACTION

8. A Sickle-Cell Safari

9. In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish

General Review and Discussion

Sources and Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Sean B. Carroll is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Among the most prominent biologists working in the world today, Carroll is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an award-winning author of two highly acclaimed books on science for the general public (Endless Forms Most Beautiful and The Making of the Fittest), a widely known charismatic public speaker, an ardent advocate for science education, and a frequent guest on NOVA and other popular television and radio programs. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers on animal development and evolution and of two textbooks.