Evolution

Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.

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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

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Quotes Tagged “Evolution”

“ Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um – they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right? ...more ”
― Bill Hicks

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“ The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an incre ...more ”
― Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life

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