Preface I. INTO THE JUNGLE 1. Reverend Darwin’s Detour 2. Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos 3. Life Imitates Life II. ON THE TRAIL OF ANCIENT HUMANS 4. Java Man 5. Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs III. ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED 6. The Day the Mesozoic Died 7. Miss Latimer’s Extraordinary Fish IV. EVOLUTION IN ACTION 8. A Sickle-Cell Safari 9. In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish General Review and Discussion Sources and Further Reading Acknowledgments Index

The Storytelling approach not only intrigues students by taking them to exotic places and into dangerous situations, but it also teaches students about the rich history of evolutionary biology, including groundbreaking ecological, paleontological, geological, and genetic discoveries.  Highlighted discoverers include Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, Henry Bates, Eugène Dubois, Roy Andrews, Walter and Luis Alvarez, Marjorie Countenay-Latimer, Tony Allison, Ditlef Rustad, and Arthur DeVries. Chapter Questions are included at the end of each chapter to help instructors motivate students to participate in scientific dialogue. General Review and Discussion questions involving the overarching themes of the book are featured at the end of text. References and Further Reading are provided at the end of the book for students’ independent or instructor-assigned research. A Companion Website includes electronic files of original journal articles reporting key discoveries described in the book, questions to aid the analysis and discussion of these articles, additional photos, hyperlinks to websites of additional sources, and PowerPoint® lecture slides.