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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2020
Print publication year:
2020
Online ISBN:
9781139016018

Book description

Biological evolution, the theory of natural selection and of common descent, is a triumph both of human reasoning and scientific undertaking. The biological discipline of evolution contains both a chronicle of human endeavour and the story of life on Earth. This book is concerned with living forms and how they developed from 'simple and unpromising beginnings'. It considers evolution as both process and product. The author, an experienced teacher and educator, employs a historical narrative, used to convey the idea of 'change with modification' and to emphasise the relevance of evolution to contemporary bioscience. Biological evolution has now become part of the scientific orthodoxy and this accessible text will assist undergraduate students in the biological sciences within any ongoing debate.

Reviews

‘This book is a carefully crafted, valuable, and fresh new resource for teaching evolution.’

Ximena Miranda Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

‘… it will inspire its audience to pursue further study of biological evolution remains uncertain … Recommended.’

P. K. Strother Source: Choice

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