Into the Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution

Sean B. Carroll'sInto the Jungle: Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution brings the science of evolution to biology students at any level, regardless of their college major or career path. 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.  
 
Into The Jungle features these explorers:
Charles Darwin (around the world voyage,The Origin of Species, Chapter 1)
Alfred Wallace (voyages to Amazon and Indonesia, The Wallace Line, Chapter 2)
Henry Walter Bates (mimicry as evidence of natural selection, Chapter 3)
Eugene Dubois (the "missing link" ape-man in Java, Chapter 4)
Roy Chapman Andrews (dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert, Chapter 5)
Walter and Luis Alvarez (K-T asteroid extinction theory, Chapter 6)
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (coelacanth in South Africa, Chapter 7)
Tony Allison (link between sickle cell and malaria resistance in Africa, Chapter 8)
Ditlef Rustad and Arthur DeVries (loss of red blood cells and evolution of antifreeze in Antarctic fish, Chapter 9)
 
A Companion Website at www.aw-bc.com/carroll 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. 
 

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

Sean B. Carroll is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.  Among the most prominent biologists working in the world today, Carroll is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an award-winning author of  two highly acclaimed books on science for the general public (Endless Forms Most Beautiful and The Making of the Fittest), a widely known charismatic public speaker, an ardent advocate for science education, and a frequent guest on NOVA and other popular television and radio programs. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers on animal development and evolution and of two textbooks.

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 Reading Market: Intended for those in learning the basics of evolutionary biology.