The Enigma of Evolution and the Challenge of Chance
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The Enigma of Evolution and the Challenge of Chance

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Publisher
Storixus Media and Publishing
Year
2018
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780648364023
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Evolution
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Publishing Information
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Periods of Time
  5. Table of Content
  6. Chapter 1 : Turning the Universe Upside Down
  7. Chapter 2 : The Birth of Evolutionary Theory
  8. Chapter 3 : Darwin's 'Great' Grandfather
  9. Chapter 4 : Lost in Translation
  10. Chapter 5 : Lamarck's Aim
  11. Chapter 6 : Hitting the Mark
  12. Chapter 7 : French Resistance
  13. Chapter 8 : On Paley's Watch
  14. Chapter 9 : Moving Blythly Forward
  15. Chapter 10 : Vestiges of Unity
  16. Chapter 11 : Laying the Foundations
  17. Chapter 12 : On The Origin of Species
  18. Chapter 13 : Journey's End
  19. Chapter 14 : Two Minds But a Single Thought
  20. Chapter 15 : From Inception to Deception
  21. Chapter 16 : Abstract Thinking
  22. Chapter 17 : With a Little Bit of Help from his Friends
  23. Chapter 18 : Darwin’s Protegé
  24. Chapter 19 : Reactions to Darwin’s Theory
  25. Chapter 20 : Germ Plasm and Immortality
  26. Chapter 21 : The Birth of Genetics
  27. Chapter 22 : The Spread of Change
  28. Chapter 23 : Change of Mind, Change of Heart
  29. Chapter 24 : The Rise and Rise of Humanism
  30. Chapter 25 : Darwinism in Practice
  31. Chapter 26 : Plenty of Scope
  32. Chapter 27 : Humans – Ancient and Modern
  33. Chapter 28 : The Mathematics of Evolution
  34. Chapter 29 : Evolutionary Synthesis
  35. Chapter 30 : A ‘Noo’ Theory of Evolution
  36. Chapter 31 : The Mystery of the East
  37. Chapter 32 : Rediscovering Our Origins
  38. Chapter 33 : Multiregional Evolution
  39. Chapter 34 : Six Degrees of Separation
  40. Chpater 35 : Punctuated Equilibrium
  41. Chapter 36 : Chromosomes
  42. Chapter 37 : The Rise and Fall of the Hapless Neanderthals
  43. Chapter 38 : Lost for Words
  44. Chapter 39 : Palæolithic People of Portly Proportions
  45. Chapter 40 : Dishing Up the Fat of the Land
  46. Chapter 41 : Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke
  47. Chapter 42 : The Light End of the Spectrum
  48. Chapter 43 : How Human(e) were H. Erectus?
  49. Chapter 44 : Irreducible Complexity
  50. Chapter 45 : Reversing ‘Scopes’
  51. Chapter 46 : Dominant Genes
  52. Chapter 47 : Is God a Delusion?
  53. Chapter 48 : A Never-Ending Story
  54. Chapter 49 : Onwards and Upwards
  55. Appendix I : Extracts from The World of Life by A. Wallace (1910)
  56. References
  57. Glossary

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