Biology:List of popular science books on evolution

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This is a list of popular science books concerning evolution, sorted by surname of the author.

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B

  • Paul M. Bingham and Joanne Souza (2009). Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe: Human Evolution, Behavior, History, and Your Future.

C

  • Sean B. Carroll (2006). The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution.
  • Sean B. Carroll (2005). Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo.
  • Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth (2003). Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.
  • Matteo Conti (2008). The Selfish Cell: An evolutionary defeat.
  • Jerry Coyne (2009). Why Evolution Is True.

D

E

  • Niles Eldredge (2001). The Triumph of Evolution: and the Failure of Creationism.

F

  • Daniel J. Fairbanks (2007). Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA.

G

  • Ann Gibbons (2007). The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors.
  • Stephen Jay Gould (1977). Ever Since Darwin.
  • Stephen Jay Gould (1989). Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History.
  • Stephen Jay Gould (1996). Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin.

H

J

  • Donald Johansson (2006). From Lucy to Language: Revised, Updated, and Expanded.
  • Alison Jolly (2001). Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution.
  • Steve Jones (1995). The Language of the Genes.
  • David Starr Jordan (1901). The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races by the Survival of the Unfit.
  • Joseph Jordania (2006). Who Asked the First Question?: The Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech.
  • Joseph Jordania (2011). Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution.

K

  • Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart (2006). The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma.

L

  • Nick Lane (2010). Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
  • Gabriel E. Lasker (1961). The Evolution of Man: A Brief Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
  • Daniel Levitin (2008). The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.

M

  • John Maynard Smith (1958). The Theory of Evolution.
  • John Maynard Smith (1972). On Evolution.
  • John Maynard Smith (1978). The Evolution of Sex.
  • John Maynard Smith (1982). Evolution and the Theory of Games.
  • John Maynard Smith (1989). Evolutionary Genetics.
  • John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1997). The Major Transitions in Evolution.
  • John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry (1999). The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language.
  • Ernst Mayr (2002). What Evolution Is.
  • Ernst Mayr (2007). One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought.
  • Kenneth R. Miller (2000). Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution.
  • Kenneth R. Miller (2008). Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul.

N

  • National Academies of Science (2008). Science, Evolution, and Creationism.
  • Bill Nye (2014). Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.

P

  • Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu (2011). Evolution.
  • Donald Prothero (2006). After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals.
  • Donald Prothero (2007). Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters.
  • Steven Pinker (1997). How the Mind Works.

R

  • Matt Ridley (1994). The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature.
  • Matt Ridley (1997). The Origins of Virtue.
  • Matt Ridley (1999). Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters.
  • Matt Ridley (2003). Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human.
    • Reprinted as The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture.
  • Michael Ruse (1998). Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy.
  • Michael Ruse (1999). The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw.
  • Michael Ruse (2001). The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates.
  • Michael Ruse (2001). Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?.
  • Michael Ruse (2006). Darwinism and Its Discontents.
  • Michael Ruse (2006). Evolution-Creation Struggle.

S

T

W

  • Nicholas Wade (2006). Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors.
  • Jonathan Weiner (1994). The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time.
  • David Sloan Wilson (2007). Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.
  • Bernard Wood (2006). Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction.

Z

  • Carl Zimmer (2001). Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea.
  • Carl Zimmer (2005). Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins.
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