Principles of Evolution: Systems, Species, and the History of Life

Synopsis

Approaching Evolution -- A Potted History Of Evolutionary Science -- Life Today: Species, Diversity, And Classification -- The Fossil Record -- Darwinian Descent With Modifications: Evolutionary Taxonomy And Cladistics -- The Anatomical Evidence For Vertebrate Evolution: From Fish To Birds -- The Anatomical Evidence For Vertebrate Evolution: Mammals -- The Genomic Evidence For Evolution -- The First Three Billion Years Of Life: From The First Universal Common Ancestor To The Last Eukaryote Common Ancestor And Beyond -- Evo-devo 1: Embryos -- Evo-devo 2: The Evidence From Functional Homologies -- Variation 1: Populations And Genes -- Variation 2: Clades And Networks -- Adaptation, Fitness, And Selection -- Speciation -- Human Evolution. Jonathan Bard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.