Evolution : A Scientific American Reader

THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE The Evolution of the Universe 3(21) P. JAMES E. PEEBLES, DAVID N. SCHRAMM, EDWIN L. TURNER AND RICHARD G. KRON The First Stars in the Universe 13(11) RICHARD B. LARSON AND VOLKER BROMM Exploring Our Universe and Others 24(8) MARTIN REES Searching for Life in Our Solar System 32(8) BRUCE M. JAKOSKY The Fate of Life in the Universe 40(11) LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS AND GLENN D. STARKMAN Life's Rocky Start 51(10) ROBERT M. HAZEN Misconceptions about the Big Bang 61(11) CHARLES H. LINEWEAVER AND TAMARA M. DAVIS The Evolution of the Earth 72(15) CLAUDE J. ALL RE AND STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER CELLULAR EVOLUTION Uprooting the Tree of Life 87(12) W. FORD DOOLITTLE The Birth of Complex Cells 99(15) CHRISTIAN DE DUVE Viral Quasispecies 114(12) MANFRED EIGEN How Cells Respond to Stress 126(14) WILLIAM J. WELCH Cell Communication: The Inside Story 140(10) JOHN D. SCOTT AND TONY PAWSON Life, Death and the Immune System 150(13) SIR GUSTAV J. V. NOSSAL Cybernetic Cells 163(8) W. WAYT GIBBS DINOSAURS AND OTHER MONSTERS Rulers of the Jurassic Seas 171(11) KYOSUKE MOTANI The Mammals That Conquered the Seas 182(11) KATE WONG Breathing Life into Tyrannosaurus rex 193(10) GREGORY M. ERICKSON Madagascar's Mesozoic Secrets 203(10) JOHN J. FLYNN AND ANDR R. WYSS Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird? 213(12) RICHARD O. PRUM AND ALAN H. BRUSH The Terror Birds of South America 225(9) LARRY G. MARSHALL The Evolution of Life on the Earth 234(17) STEPHEN JAY GOULD HUMAN EVOLUTION An Ancestor to Call Our Own 251(9) KATE WONG Early Hominid Fossils from Africa 260(9) MEAVE LEAKEY AND ALAN WALKER Planet of the Apes 269(11) DAVID R. BEGUN Once We Were Not Alone 280(11) IAN TATTERSALL Out of Africa Again...and Again? 291(10) IAN TATTERSALL Who Were the Neandertals? 301(9) KATE WONG Food for Thought 310(12) WILLIAM R. LEONARD Skin Deep 322(8) NINA G. JABLONSKI AND GEORGL GIIAPLIN The Evolution of Human Birth 330(8) KAREN R. ROSENBERG AND WENDA R. TREVATHAN Once Were Cannibals 338(9) TIM D. WHITE If Humans Were Built to Last 347(8) S. JAY OLSHANSKY, BRUCE A. CARNES AND ROBERT N. BUTLER ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 355