Into the Jungle - Notes
R. Pan, Mendoza Rosario, Qual, Valprais, Santiago, Uspallana Pass, Santa Fe, Bai, Mercedes, Las, Pori: Locations.
FALKLAND LANDS: Islands.
TIERRA DEL FUEGO: Land area.
Staten Island: Territory
GREAT ADVENTURES IN THE SEARCH FOR EVOLUTION: Title of the book.
Sean B. Carroll: Author.
Leanne M. Olds and Jamie W. Carroll: Illustrators.
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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc.
ISBN 10: 0-321-55671-2
ISBN 13: 9-78032155-671-4
Component ISBN 10: 0-32159-848-2
Component ISBN 13: 9-78032159-848-6
About the Author
Sean B. Carroll: Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Award-winning author of two highly acclaimed books on science for the general public (Endless Forms Most Beautiful and The Making ofthe Fittest).
Advocate for science education.
Frequent guest on popular television and radio programs.
Author of textbooks and scientific papers on animal development and evolution.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: INTO THE JUNGLE
Reverend Darwin's Detour
Drawing the Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos
Life Imitates Life
PART TWO: ON THE TRAIL OF ANCIENT HUMANS
Java Man
Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs
PART THREE: ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
The Day the Mesozoic Died
Miss Latimer’s Extraordinary Fish
PART FOUR: EVOLUTION IN ACTION
A Sickle-Cell Safari
In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish
Preface
History taught as stories is remembered.
Explorations and discoveries gave birth to evolutionary biology.
The book tells stories of great adventures and discoveries in biology.
Focus on exotic places, species, and the past.
Pioneers turn from collectors to scientists, asking fundamental questions about nature.
Imagine traveling to unexplored lands for years to discover new wonders.
These discoveries open our eyes to new ways of understanding Nature.
The goal is to provide a different way of learning about evolutionary biology.
Textbooks may compress great achievements, lacking the drama of scientific discovery that memorable stories can capture.
Evolution is described as the greatest show on Earth, providing an understanding of our place in the world.
The stories aim to appeal to a wide range of students, promoting interest in natural history and further reading.
PART ❘
Three naturalists (Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates) at the center of the conception of natural selection.
Darwin, Wallace, and Bates were friends and correspondents.
Wallace and Bates undertook longer and more difficult expeditions than Darwin.
Wallace and Bates were self-taught entrepreneurs.
Wallace left school at thirteen, Bates became apprenticed to a hosier.
Wallace and Bates were keen insect collectors, with a mutual fascination with the Tropics.
Wallace and Bates were inspired by Darwin’s "Voyage of the Beagle," and William H. Edwards' "Voyage up the River Amazon."
Wallace and Bates paid for their expenses by shipping and selling prized specimens back in England.
After a year and a half together in the Amazon, Wallace and Bates split up to cover more territory.
Darwin's theory of evolution took shape after the voyage.
Wallace and Bates wanted to gather data “toward solving the problem of the origin of species.”
The three explorers left behind a rich legacy of memoirs, narratives, correspondence, and scientific work.