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Studies evolution by looking at data and observations of organisms in nature from ecologists, anatomists, behaviorists, and paleontologists.
Contents
Original Publication Dates of Articles in Natural History Magazine
Evolution and Natural History
Part 1. Darwinβs Heritage: Adaptation and Natural Selection
Introduction
1. Darwinβs Origin Today
2. Adaptation on the Wing
3. Rise of the Angiosperms
4. Jewelweeds Sexual Skills
5. Toxic Tailings and Tolerant Grass
Part 2. The Evolution Of Species
Introduction
6. The Origin of a Species
7. The Flies Fan Out
8 .A Trilobite Odyssey
Part 3. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
Introduction
9. Competition or Peaceful Coexistence?
10. The Evolution of Cricket Chirps
11. Evolution of Nest Building
Part 4. Biogeography and Evolution
Introduction
12. Salamander Invasion of the Tropics
13. The Origin of High Andean Birds
14. Antarctic Fossils and the Reconstruction of Gondwanaland
15. An Extravagance of Species
16. The Elusive Eureka
Part 5. Living Fossils
Introduction
17. New Light on the Crustaceans
18. Secrets of the Coelacanth
19. A Living Fossil
20. Survivors from the Good Old, Old, Old Days
Part 6. Extinction
Introduction
21. The Misnamed, Mistreated, and Misunderstood Irish Elk
22. Ice Age Haven for Hardwoods
23. Not To Be or To Be?
24. Dinosaurs' Lucky Break
Part 7. Evolution and Social Issues
Introduction
25. Evolution Under Attack
26. The Flood of Antievolutionism
27. Science and Myth
Index
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