Evolution
A Scientific American Reader
- Contents

The Evolution of the Universe
The First Stars in the Universe
Exploring Our Universe and Others
Searching for Life in Our Solar System
The Fate of Life in the Universe
Life’s Rocky Start
Misconceptions about the Big Bang
The Evolution of the Earth
CELLULAR EVOLUTION
Uprooting the Tree of Life
The Birth of Complex Cells
Viral Quasispecies
How Cells Respond to Stress
Cell Communication: The Inside Story
Life, Death and the Immune System
Cybernetic Cells
DINOSAURS AND OTHER MONSTERS
Rulers of the Jurassic Seas
The Mammals That Conquered the Seas
Breathing Life into Tyrannosaurus rex
Madagascar’s Mesozoic Secrets
Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?
The Terror Birds of South America
The Evolution of Life on Earth
HUMAN EVOLUTION
An Ancestor to Call Our Own
Early Hominid Fossils from Africa
Planet of the Apes
Once We Were Not Alone
Out of Africa Again... and Again?
Who Were the Neandertals
Food for Thought
Skin Deep
The Evolution of Human Birth
Once Were Cannibals
If Humans Were Built to Last
Illustration Credits
Anthropology: Physical Anthropology
Biological Sciences: Evolutionary Biology | Microbiology | Natural History | Paleobiology, Geology, and Paleontology | Physiology, Biomechanics, and Morphology
Earth Sciences: General Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences: Physics and Astronomy
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