The Evolving World

Evolution in Everyday Life

David P. Mindell

  • Winner, 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Science Category

Preface

1. A Brief History of Three Unpopular Discoveries

2. Domestication: Evolution in Human Hands

3. Evolution in Public Health and Medicine

4. Evolution and Conservation

5. Evolutionary Metaphor in Human Culture

6. The Role of Evolution in Court and Classroom

Conclusions

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index

  • Cover: The Evolving World
  • A photo of the author

David P. Mindell is Dean of Science and Curator of Curator of Ornithology at the California Academy of Sciences.