Into The Jungle Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution

by Carroll, Sean B.

• ISBN13: 9780321556714
• ISBN10: 0321556712
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-24
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Not so long ago, most of the globe was uncharted wilderness. The explorations of the world's deep jungles, vast deserts, stark badlands, frozen polar regions, and countless chains of islands are some of the greatest adventures of recent times, and the discoveries they yielded gave birth to and nourished the most important idea in biology: evolution.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Into The Jungle	p. 1
Reverend Darwin's Detour	p. 4
Drawing the Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos	p. 35
Life Imitates Life	p. 51
On The Trail of Ancient Humans	p. 65
Java Man	p. 66
Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs	p. 88
Always Expect the Unexpected	p. 111
The Day the Mesozoic Died	p. 112
Miss Latimer's Extraordinary Fish	p. 132
Evolution In Action	p. 147
A Sickle-Cell Safari	p. 148
In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish	p. 166
General Review and Discussion	p. 185
Acknowledgments	p. 187
References and Further Reading	p. 189
Index	p. 203
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