Introducing ideas on how life originated and diversified on earth, this text provides a summary of modern evolutionary theory. It includes chapters on neural evolution and gene evolution, molecular evolution, and the latest theories in the late 1990s on the evolution of humans.

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"A concise and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory." The Midwest Book Review"

"Provides a concise and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory, for students and general readers with little or no formal training in science." SciTech Book News, December 1999"

"The book is a concise, lucid introduction to evolutionary biology for the layperson. Among the valuable resources is a discussion of molecular biology that contains references to 1996 and so is fairly up to date. The drawings and charts make the text easier for a nonspecialist to follow." Karen Bartelt, Reports of the National Center for Science Education. May/June 2000"

"Under a single cover, a well-balanced and generally readable summary of modern evolutionary theory. . . Well-illustrated." Northeastern Naturalist, Issue 8/1, 2001"

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