The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. The idea of evolution had been arou

Historical biogeography—the study of the history of species through both time and place—first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was so impor

On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for

Presents Darwin's masterwork on evolution with extensive annotations by an experienced field biologist.

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's Odyssey and