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Contents
Preface
I. Historical Figures in Evolutionary Biology
Editor’s Introduction
1. The Furtive Evolutionist. Desmond King-Hele. New
Scientist
2. Evolution of a Scientist. Jerry Adler. Newsweek
3. The Humble Garden Pea Held Secrets of Genetics. Dr. William Reville.
The Irish Times
4. Double-Teaming the Double Helix. Gerald Parshall. U.S. News & World
Report
II. The Political Debate over Evolution
Editor’s Introduction
1. The Evolution Wars. Claudia Wallis. Time
2. Media Coverage of “Intelligent Design.” Jason Rosenhouse and Glenn
Branch. BioScience
3. The Descent of the Straw Man. Denis Boyles. National Review Online
4. Intelligent Design? Edited by Richard Milner and Vittorio Maestro.
Natural History
III. The Genetic Blueprint
Editor’s Introduction
1. On Darwin’s Shoulders. Douglas J. Futuyma. Natural History
2. All in the Family. Thomas Hayden. U.S. News & World Report
3. Mother Superior. Garry Hamilton. New Scientist
4. Evo Devo. Gareth Cook. The Boston Globe
5. Humans, Chimps May Have Bred After Split. Gareth Cook. The Boston
Globe
IV. The Fossil Record
Editor’s Introduction
1. The Fossils Say Yes. Donald R. Prothero. Natural History
2. Fossil Discovery Fills Gap in Evolutionary Path from Fish to Land
Animals. Richard Monastersky. The Chronicle of Higher Education
3. Evolution of Whales. Douglas H. Chadwick. National Geographic
4. Little Meat-Eater Is No Bird, but Close. William Mullen. Chicago
Tribune
5. The Astonishing Micropygmies. Jared Diamond. Science
V. Cognition and Culture
Editors’ Introduction
1. Don’t Call Me Clever. Simon M. Reader. New Scientist
2. Who’s That Strange Monkey in the Mirror? A Tufted Capuchin Isn’t Quite
Sure. Nicholas Wade. The New York Times
3. The Morning of the Modern Mind. Kate Wong. Scientific American
4. Early Chefs Left Indelible Mark on Human Evolution. James Randerson.
New Scientist
5. Caveman Crooners May Have Aided Early Human Life. Sharon Begley.
Associated Press Financial Wire
Appendix
Was the World Made for Man? Mark Twain
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
Edwards v. Aguillard
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
Index
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