Into The Jungle

Sean B. Carroll is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Among the most prominent biologists working in the world today, Carroll is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an award-winning author of two highly acclaimed books on science for the general public (Endless Forms Most Beautiful and The Making of the Fittest), a widely known charismatic public speaker, an ardent advocate for science education, and a frequent guest on NOVA and other popular television and radio programs. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers on animal development and evolution and of two textbooks.

• PrefaceI. INTO THE JUNGLE1. Reverend Darwin’s Detour2. Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos3. Life Imitates LifeII. ON THE TRAIL OF ANCIENT HUMANS4. Java Man5. Where the Dragon Laid Her EggsIII. ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED6. The Day the Mesozoic Died7. Miss Latimer’s Extraordinary FishIV. EVOLUTION IN ACTION8. A Sickle-Cell Safari9. In Cold Blood: The Tale of the IcefishGeneral Review and DiscussionSources and Further ReadingAcknowledgmentsIndex