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Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve their widely-praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today’s biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students. With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.The new edition of Evolution: Making Sense of Life is now supported in SaplingPlus. Created and supported by the author and other educators, SaplingPlus’s instructional online homework drives student success and saves educators’ time. Automatically graded homework problem contains hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions to ensure that students find the help they need. About this Book Cover Page Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Brief Contents Contents Preface Visual Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1: The Whale and the Virus 1.1 Whales: Mammals Gone to Sea Evolution as a Gradual Process Visualizing Evolutionary History Chemistry of Whales Embryos and Teeth Cetacean Brains Whale Diversity Through Time 1.2 Viruses: The Deadly Escape Artists Anatomy of a Virus Viral Reassortment Detecting New Viruses 1.3 Evolution: A Tapestry of Concepts To Sum Up ... Multiple Choice Questions Interpret the Data Short Answer Questions Additional Reading Primary Literature Cited in Chapter 1 Chapter 2: From Natural Philosophy to Darwin 2.1 Conceptions of Nature Before Darwin The Great Chain of Being Linnaean Classification The Fossil Record Natural Theology 2.2 Evolution Before Darwin Fossils and Extinctions Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution 2.3 The Unofficial Naturalist Common Descent Natural Selection 2.4 Darwin’s Ideas in the Twenty-First Century To Sum Up ... Multiple Choice Questions Interpret the Data Short Answer Questions Additional Reading Primary Literature Cited in Chapter 2 Chapter 3: What the Rocks Say 3.1 Debating the Age of Earth 3.2 A Curious Lack of Radioactivity Radioactive Decay 3.3 A Vast Museum 3.4 Bringing Fossils to Life Applying Physics to Paleontology A Wealth of Data 3.5 Traces of Vanished Biology 3.6 Setting the Stage for Life on Earth 3.7 Life’s Early Signatures 3.8 The Rise of Life 3.9 Life Gets Big 3.10 The Dawn of the Animal Kingdom 3.11 Climbing Ashore 3.12 Recent Arrivals To Sum Up ... Multiple Choice Questions Interpret the Data Short Answer Questions Additional Reading Primary Literature Cited in Chapter 3 Chapter 4: The Tree of Life 4.1 Tree Thinking Constructing Phylogenetic Trees Reading Phylogenetic Trees 4.2 Phylogeny and Taxonomy 4.3 Reconstructing Phylogenies Synapomorphies Homoplasy Parsimony Consensus Trees 4.4 Fossils, Phylogeny, and the Timing of Evolution 4.5 Charting the Major Transitions of Evolution with Phylogenies: From Sea to Land 4.6 Homology as a Window Into Evolutionary History The Mammalian Ear and Its Homologies 4.7 How Feathered Dinosaurs Took Flight To Sum Up ... Multiple Choice Questions Interpret the Data Short Answer Questions Additional Reading Primary Literature Cited in Chapter 4 Chapter 5: Raw Material