Get your students thinking critically about evolution. Evolution presents foundational concepts through a contemporary framework of population genetics and phylogenetics that is enriched by current research and stunning art. In every chapter, new critical thinking questions and expanded end-of-chapter problems emphasizing data interpretation reinforce the Second Edition’s focus on helping students think like evolutionary biologists.
I don’t know how to determine the legitimacy of a textbook in a field outside my expertise, but this one certainly did a good job summarizing major topics in evolutionary biology. It contains a progressively scientific style which allows the reader to seamlessly transition from layperson examples to theories in biochem and evol. bio
It is with some sadness I came to the book's end. Nonetheless, it has been a fascinating examination of evolution and its consequences. Highly recommended.
Purchased this college textbook to learn Evolution on my own. The chapters are really long and you do get lost in the amount of information thrown at you.
20120927 Reading for my Ev-Bio class, Fall 2012 Q.
20130118 Really excellent book. Concepts are clearly explained, with an abundance of supporting photographs, illustrations, and graphs. I'd like to read it again when I'm finished with school.