I-XI
Front matter
3-17
Part 1 / How Science Works
3-17
Front matter
3-17
Science is an Elf
21-109
Part 2 / Origin of the Theory of Evolution: Time and Change
21-109
Front matter
21-34
The Origin of the Earth and of Species of Animals and Plants as Seen Before the Enlightenment
35-44
The Seashells on the Mountaintop
45-53
Were Kangaroos on Noah’s Ark?
55-68
Aristotle’s and Linnaeus’ Classifications of Living Creatures
69-79
Darwin’s World—Species, Varieties, And the Age of the Earth. Evidences of Glaciation
81-93
The Voyage of The Beagle
95-109
Is the Earth Old Enough for Evolution?
113-188
Part 3 / Origin of the Theory of Evolution: Social Aspects
113-188
Front matter
113-148
Evaluating Data
149-155
The Industrial Revolution, Population Potential, Malthus, Social Pressure, and Competition
157-166
Natural Selection: the Second Half of Darwin’s Hypothesis
167-173
Darwin’s Hypothesis
175-188
The Crisis in Evolution
191-241
Part 4 / The Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Theory
191-241
Front matter
191-219
The chemical Basis of Evolution
221-225
The stuff of Inheritance: DNA, RNA, and Mutations
227-241
The Genetic Code
245-331
Part 5 / The History of the Earth and the Origin of Life
245-331
Front matter
245-255
The Story of Our Planet
257-270
The Appearance of Oxygen
271-278
The Conquest of Land—Every Criterion for the Classification of the Major Groups of Animals and Plants Refers to Adaptations for Life on Land
279-293
The Great Ages of Our Planet
295-302
Return to Water and to Land
303-317
Evidence for Extinctions—why do we get them?
319-331
The Violence of the Earth: Rainshadows and Volcanoes
335-378
Part 6 / The Origin of Species
335-378
Front matter
335-340
Competition Among Species
341-349
Sexual Selection
351-358
Coevolution
359-368
The Importance of Disease
369-378
The Aids Murder Mystery—What Constitutes Proof?
381-435
Part 7 / The Evolution of Humans
381-435
Front matter
381-401
The Evolution of Humans
403-408
When did Humans Acquire a Soul?
409-424
The Impact of Evolutionary Theory: The Eugenics Society and the I.Q.Test
425-432
Evaluating Population Measurements: Bell Curves, Statistics, and Probability
433-435
Conclusions—where do we go from here?
437-440
Back matter