Thursday, February 9, 2012

What books about evolution would you recommend?

Recently, I've become fervently interested in evolution and other natural phenomenon like symbiosis. I'm reading "The Selfish Gene" currently and I'm wondering what other popular science books I should pick up that will hopefully make me more knowledgeable on the subject.What books about evolution would you recommend?
Try these



"The Origin of Humankind" Richard Leakey

"Seven Million Years, The Story of Human Evolution" Douglas Palmer

"The Ancestor's Tale" Richard Dawkins

"Wonderful Life, The Burgess Shale And The Nature of History" Stephen Jay Gould



And not least, "The Origin of Species" Charles Darwin. It is still in print!
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at UCLAWhat books about evolution would you recommend?
Put down the books! Get a full set of David Attenborough's narrated works, starting with Planet Earth, preferably in Blu-Ray. And while Sigourney Weaver is so awesome, Sir Dave is just irreplaceable! It's not hard to find his other major narrations, but the Trials of Life series and Blue Planet are absolute classics.



Anyway as for some books. I haven't read much in the last 5 years, and I try to avoid too much non-fiction so I will defer to reviews:

http://www.newscientist.com/topic/books-鈥?/a>

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16鈥?/a>



There have been a number of books coming out recently with Darwin's birthday (including one which draws parallels between Darwin and Lincoln!), so you have much to work from.



Enjoy!What books about evolution would you recommend?
variation is the central concept
"Evolution for Dummies."



Pretty good book, written in an entertaining style. I found a couple of errors (ignore the paragraph about Gomphotheres when you get to it, it's totally bogus).
In addition to some of the above, I'd also suggest:



Dawkins, Richard, 1986, The Blind Watchmaker, W. W. Norton %26amp; Company.



Dawkins, Richard, 1995, River Out of Eden, Basic Books



Dawkins, Richard, 2005, The Ancestor's Tale, Mariner Books



Ward, Peter D. 2006, Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere John Henry Press

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