natural selection

Wagner draws on over fifteen years of research to present the missing piece in Darwin's theory. Using experimental and computational technologies that were heretofore unimagined, he has found that adaptations are not just driven by chance, but by a set of laws that allow nature to discover new molecules and mechanisms in a fraction of the time that random variation would take.

Explores how complex, advanced creatures arose from simple, primitive ones and examines prevalent theories from evolutionary developmental biology related to the advancement of the animal kingdom.

Describes Darwin's eight years studying barnacles from around the world, and discusses this endeavor's influence upon "On the Origin of Species.".

Provides information on developments in evolutionary theory, discussing such topics as the Cambrian population explosion, Velikovsky's theories, and others.

Provides a brief biography of nineteenth-century naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, and retraces his 14,000-mile journey through the unexplored parts of Indonesia where he made his major discoveries in evolutionary biology.

Chronicles British physician H.B.D. Kettlewell's efforts to prove Darwin's theory of evolution by proving the moths were becoming darker in response to pollutants, and discusses how his experiments became one of the most pervasive myths in the history of evolutionary biology.

Michael Behe presents evidence that Darwin's theory of evolution does not account for all aspects of life on Earth.

Discusses the life and scientific discoveries of Charles Darwin.