Book Reviews
- David E. Alexander: On the Wing*
Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight
- John C. Avise: Evolutionary Pathways in Nature*
- applications of comparative phylogenetics
- John C. Avise: On Evolution
- thirty years using molecular analysis in evolutionary biology
- David Beerling: The Emerald Planet*
How Plants Changed Earth's History
- Tim Birkhead: Promiscuity
An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition and Sexual Conflict
- William Brown, Andrew C. Fabian: Darwin
- lectures on Darwin's influence, cultural and scientific
- Robert L. Carroll: Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution*
- connecting paleontology with the rest of biology
- Claude Combes: The Art of Being a Parasite
- explorations in evolutionary biology and ecology
- Vincent Courtillot: Evolutionary Catastrophes
The Science of Mass Extinctions
- Richard Dawkins, M. Ridley: Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 1
- sex, signalling, fireflies, epistasis, hierarchy, phylogeny, and more
- Richard Dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable
- a popular introduction to evolution
- Daniel C. Dennett: Darwin's Dangerous Idea*
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
- Adrian Desmond, James Moore: Darwin*
- a narrative biography, in the context of social and scientific change
- Freeman Dyson: Origins of Life*
- a short, slightly idiosyncratic look at abiogenesis
- Niles Eldredge: Reinventing Darwin*
The Great Evolutionary Debate
- Niles Eldredge: The Natural History Reader in Evolution
- Douglas H. Erwin: Extinction
How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago
- David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel: Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History
- an accessible overview of dinosaur systematics + biology
- Scott Forbes: A Natural History of Families
- evolutionary biology and medicine
- Henry Gee: Across the Bridge
Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates
- John Gerhart, Marc Kirschner: Cells, Embryos, and Evolution*
Towards a Cellular and Developmental Understanding of Phenotypic Variation and Evolutionary Adaptability
- Michael T. Ghiselin: Metaphysics and the Origin of Species*
- species are logical individuals rather than classes; implications
- L.V. Giddings, et al.: Genetics, Speciation and the Founder Principle
- essays on founder effects, genetic revolutions, karyotype evolution, ...
- Tijs Goldschmidt: Darwin's Dreampond
Drama in Lake Victoria
- Stephen Jay Gould: Bully for Brontosaurus*
Further Reflections in Natural History
- Stephen Jay Gould: Dinosaur in a Haystack*
- his seventh volume of essays; still getting better!
- Stephen Jay Gould: Ontogeny and Phylogeny**
- the history of recapitulation; developmental timing and evolution
- Stephen Jay Gould: Wonderful Life
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
- P.J. Greenwood, et al.: Evolution
Essays in honour of John Maynard Smith
- David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel: Evolution of the Insects
- fossils, phylogenetics, and evolutionary biology
- Paul H. Harvey, Mark D. Pagel: The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology
- Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson: The Ants*
- ant ecology, ethology and evolutionary biology
- Olivia Judson: Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation*
The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
- Nick Lane: The Vital Question*
Why is life the way it is?
- Richard Lewontin: The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change
- Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan: Microcosmos
Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
- Lynn Margulis, et al.: Environmental Evolution
Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth
- Ernst Mayr, William B. Provine: The Evolutionary Synthesis
Perspectives on the Unification of Biology
- Roy McCleod, Philip F. Rehbock: Darwin's Laboratory
Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific
- Kenneth J. McNamara: Shapes of Time*
The Evolution of Growth and Development
- Karl J. Niklas: The Evolutionary Biology of Plants**
- evolution makes sense of otherwise unconnected areas of botany
- Ronald L. Numbers: The Creationists*
The Evolution of Scientific Creationism
- Ronald L. Numbers: Darwinism Comes to America
- creationism and religion in the United States
- Roderic D. M. Page, Edward C. Holmes: Molecular Evolution*
A Phylogenetic Approach
- Roderic D.M. Page: Tangled Trees
Phylogeny, Cospeciation, and Coevolution
- Robert T. Pennock: Tower of Babel
The Evidence Against the New Creationism
- David Rindos: The Origins of Agriculture
An Evolutionary Perspective
- Jan Sapp: Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution
Concepts and Controversies
- James A. Shapiro: Evolution: A View from the 21st Century
- natural genetic engineering and the read-write genome
- Pat Shipman: Taking Wing*
Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
- John Maynard Smith, Eörs Szathmáry: The Major Transitions in Evolution
- from prebiotic chemistry to the origins of society
- John Maynard Smith: Evolution and the Theory of Games
- game theory in population genetics and ethology
- John Maynard Smith: Evolutionary Genetics*
- a readable introductory text
- Elliott Sober: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology*
- a mix of classic papers and more recent material
- Elliott Sober: The Nature of Selection
Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus
- Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson: The Dynamics of Evolution
The Punctuated Equilibrium Debate in the Natural and Social Sciences
- John N. Thompson: The Coevolutionary Process*
- specialization and coevolution
- K.J. Willis, J.C. McElwain: The Evolution of Plants*
- fossils, phylogenetics, environments, biogeography, ...
- Mark P. Witton: Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
- a gloriously illustrated survey of pterosaur science
- Reports of the National Center for Science Education
- defending the teaching of evolution
See also:
biology |
developmental biology |
genetics |
paleoanthropology