Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of
a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars …

Natural selection is the centerpiece of Darwin's great book, and is prominent in its title: On
the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races …

This book contests the general view that natural selection constitutes the explanatory core of
evolutionary biology. It invites the reader to consider an alternative view which favors a more …

Evolutionary biology is one of the most fascinating and controversial fields of science, and its
principles are fundamental to science as a whole. Presented here are 48 classic papers …

1 By Ernst Mayr from A New Century of Biology (tentative) edited by John Kress and Gary
Barrett; Forthcoming from the Smithsonian Institution Press, Fall 2001. Used by permission …

Behavior and Ecology. Edited by Laurent Keller. Princeton (New Jersey): P7inceton
University Press. $59.50 (hardcover); $16.95 (paper). xii+ 318 p; ill.; author and subject …

Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain
controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in …

Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain
controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in …

Charles Darwin: The Founder of the Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection provides a
comprehensive coverage of the whole spectrum of the theory of evolution. The title presents …

The theory of evolution by natural selection has prospered in its first 150 years and provides
a consistent account of species as highly adapted and rare survivors in the struggle for …