Presents the argument that in the evolutionary time-scale, the development of the ability to use symbols in the human brain appeared suddenly, not over a long process of time and ancestors.
Draws on modern fossil discoveries and scientific analysis to reveal how macroevolution works, tracing the transitions from fish to tetrapod, and from land mammal to whale over the course of millions of years.
In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone dies at age nineteen and rainwater contains a killer virus, Esther and Eli band together with a group of mutant, hermaphroditic outsiders to fight a corrupt ruler and save the town of Prin.
Explores the impact of biochemistry on evolutionary theory, discussing the reasons and citing examples of why evolution must be argued at the molecular level, and studying the implications of biochemistry's discoveries.
