Evolutionary Biology

Evolution
Fourth Edition
Douglas J. Futuyma / Mark Kirkpatrick
© 2017



Contents

I. An Idea that Changed the World

1. Evolutionary Biology
2. The Tree of Life
3. Natural Selection and Adaptation

II. How Evolution Works

4. Mutation and Variation
5. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection
6. Phenotypic Evolution
7. Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random
8. Evolution in Space
9. Species and Speciation

III. Products of Evolution: What Natural Selection Has Wrought

10. All About Sex
11. How to Be Fit
12. Cooperation and Conflict
13. Interactions among Species
14. The Evolution of Genes and Genomes
15. Evolution and Development

IV. Macroevolution and the History of Life

16. Phylogeny: The Unity and Diversity of Life
17. The History of Life
18. The Geography of Evolution
19. The Evolution of Biological Diversity
20. Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level

V. Evolution and Homo sapiens

21. The Evolutionary Story of Homo sapiens
22. Evolution and Society