Into The Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution
These nine short tales vividly depict key discoveries in evolutionary biology and the excitement of the scientific process. Online resources available at www.aw-bc.com/carroll.
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Key Message: Into the Jungle invites students to step into the lives of naturalists who followed their dreams, and often risked their lives, to explore the unknown. Each of the nine stories in this brief reader chronicles the dramatic adventures of an influential zoologist, geologist, paleontologist, or geneticist on their path to some of the most important discoveries that have shaped our understanding of how life has evolved. Accessible and engaging, Carroll’s storytelling approach helps students appreciate the physical hardships the featured explorers endured and the obstacles they had to overcome in challenging societal belief systems and initiating paradigm shifts in the scientific community. In reading the tales, students will also come to understand the frequent role of serendipity in scientific discovery.Key Topics: Reverend Darwin’s Detour, Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos, Life Imitates Life, Java Man, Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs, The Day the Mesozoic Died, Miss Latimer’s Extraordinary Fish, A Sickle-Cell Safari, In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish, General Review and Discussion, Sources and Further ReadingMarket: Intended for those in learning the basics of evolutionary biology.
Preface ixPart 1 Into The Jungle 11 Reverend Darwin's Detour 42 Drawing the Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos 353 Life Imitates Life 51Part 2 On The Trail of Ancient Humans 654 Java Man 665 Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs 88Part 3 Always Expect the Unexpected 1116 The Day the Mesozoic Died 1127 Miss Latimer's Extraordinary Fish 132Part 4 Evolution In Action 1478 A Sickle-Cell Safari 1489 In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish 166General Review and Discussion 185Acknowledgments 187References and Further Reading 189Index 203
