Evolution

The First Four Billion Years

Edited by Michael Ruse

Edited by Joseph Travis

Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

    • Foreword
      Edward O. Wilson
    • Introduction
      Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis
    • The History of Evolutionary Thought
      Michael Ruse
    • The Origin of Life
      Jeffrey L. Bada and Antonio Lazcano
    • Paleontology and the History of Life
      Michael Benton
    • Adaptation
      Joseph Travis and David Reznick
    • Molecular Evolution
      Francisco J. Ayala
    • Evolution of the Genome
      Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth
    • The Pattern and Process of Speciation
      Margaret B. Ptacek and Shala J. Hankison
    • Evolution and Development
      Gregory A. Wray
    • Social Behavior and Sociobiology
      Daniel I. Rubenstein
    • Human Evolution
      Henry M. McHenry
    • Evolutionary Biology of Disease
      Michael F. Antolin and Darwinian Medicine
    • Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm: Understanding Biological Forms
      Brian Goodwin
    • Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought
      Kim Sterelny
    • Evolution and Society
      Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein
    • American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and Prospect
      Eugenie C. Scott
      • Alphabetical Guide
      • Contributors
      • Index
    • Cover: Evolution
    • A photo of the author

    photo of Michael Ruse (top)
    and Joseph Travis (bottom)

    Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on “Quirks and Quarks” and the Discovery Channel.

    Joseph Travis is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University.

    Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.