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• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• CHAPTER one: Inheritance
• Basics of Heredity
• Passing Information Along
• Gene Shuffling and Mutations
• CHAPTER two: History of Evolutionary Theory
• What Exactly Is a Species?
• Early Evolutionary Works
• Charles Darwin
• Adaptation
• CHAPTER three: Evolution of Populations
• How Can a Species Change?
• Gene Flow, Genetic Drift, and the Founder Effect
• CHAPTER four: Evidence for Evolution
• Fossils
• Transitional Fossils
• Homologies
• CHAPTER five: Evolution and You
• Human Evolution
• Evolution and Your Health
• The Importance of Biodiversity
• Glossary
• For More Information
• Web Sites
• For Further Reading
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author
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