Spokes 3: The Elements of Evolution Table of Contents 722 printed pages {Notes}
The Elements of Evolution (title page)
Life’s History
Geological Time
Mass Extinctions
Method
Extinction Events
End-Ordovician Extinction
Mass Extinction Diversity Loss
End-Devonian Extinction
Extinction Events continued
Causes
Mass Extinction Non-Selective
Extinction Theories
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Timeline
Eukaryotes Evolve
Spurring Multicellularity
Reproduction Isolation
Complexity
Sponges
Eukaryote Evolution continued
The Cryogenian Cooler
Edicaran Life
Rangeomorphs
Dickinsonia
Edicaran Life continued
The Cambrian Explosion
Burgess Shale
Hallucigenia
Fish Appear
The Cambrian Explosion continued
Trilobytes
Fish Tales
Sharks
Bottom Up
Verdure Venture
Ferns
Verdure Venture
Animals
Insects Emerge
Early Herbivores
Vertebrates Arrive on Land
Continental Moves
Plant Evolution
Trees
Fire Ecology
Amphibians & Reptiles
Lizards & Snakes
Lizard Adaptability
Viviparity
Ginkgo
Reefs
The Great Dying
The Triassic
Flowering Plants
Pollinating Bees
Flowering Plants continued
Methane Maelstrom
Dinosaurs
Continental Shifts
Body Heat
Tegu Lizards
Opah
Cold Tolerance
The First Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Classification
Dinosaurs continued
Tyrannosaurs
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Dakotaraptor
Dinosaur Sociality
Halszkaraptor
Dinosaur Convergent Evolution
Spinosaurs
Dinosaur Dominion
Dinosaur Diversity
Sauropods
Dinosaurs & Lizards
Ornithischians
Dinosaur Fleas
Water Fleas
Ostrich Dinosaurs
Anzu
In the Skies
Anurognathus
At Sea
Stony Coral
Seaside Sifter
Ichthyosaurs
Nothosaurs
Plesiosaurs
Mosasaurs
Plant Evolution
Yucatan Big Bang
Birds
Growth Evolution
Early Bird Diversification
Yi qi
Aurornis
Archaeopteryx
Microraptor
Avian Pre-Adaptations
Ornithurae
Confusiusornis
Extinction & Evolution
Pedestrians
Feathers
Coloration
Wings & Flight
Bones
Muscle & Tendons
Lungs
Manipulation
Woodpecker Beaks
Manipulation continued
Flightless Birds
Grasses
Early Mammals
Mouseketeers
Mammals Rising
True Beasts
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Primates Ascendant
Eocene Cooling
Antarctica Isolated
Oligocene
Mediterranean Sea
Geology & Plants
Milankovitch Cycles
Tectonic Pulses
Synopsis
Geological Time
Mass Extinctions
Timeline
Evolution
Analogues and Homologues
Conceptual History
Spontaneous Generation
Preformatism
Spermism
Jan Swammerdam
Preformatism continued
Natural Selection
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Giovanni Brocchi
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Evolution Theories
Darwinism
Competition
Seabird Colonies
Mutualism
Fitness
Genomic Symphony
Selfish Genes
Random Mutation
Nematode Timing
Progress
Devolution
Progress continued
Symbiogenesis
Punctuated Evolution
Evolution Direction
Wrasses
Complexity
The Science of Evolution
Definitions
Process
Dispersal & Adaptation
Global Microbes
Patterns
Conservation
Deep Homology
Weak Linkage
WBio-layering
The Easy Route
A New Trait
Sex Ratios
Saltation
Common Cordgrass
Floral Saltation
Turtles
Sphinx Moths
Behavior
Attitude Counts
Human Mating Strategies
Parasitic Ants
Parasitic Manipulation
Caterpillar Bodyguards
Baldwin Effect
House Finches
Inheritance & Evolution
Genetic Inheritance
Gene Flow
Mutation
Recombination
Gene Conversion
Self-Splicing Elements
Epigenetic Inheritance
Vinegar Flies
Cells
Evolution Eternal
Natural Genetic Engineering 1
Ciliate Protozoa
DNA Mavens
Natural Genetic Engineering 2
Microbes
Microbiomes
Pathogens
Viral Infection
Evolvability
Metabolism
Adaptation in Disguise
Hemoglobin
Haploid Adaptation
Adaptation
Perception
Sea Snakes
Adaptation continued
Tropical Rainforest Spiders
(Not) Freezing
Islands
Animals
Plants
Islands continued
Gall Plumbing
Evolutionary Arms Races
Backdoor Beetles
Feathers & Fur
Cryptic Coloration
Poison Avoidance
Pig Litters
Epigenetics
Lusty Birds
Planthopper Leap Gear
Harvester Ants
Rapid Adaptation
Polar Bears
Sticklebacks
Coy Wolves
Tibetans
Florida Lizards
Big-headed Ants
Polluted Fish
Polluted People
Peppered Moths
Mosquitofish
Birds
Potato Whiteflies
Hawaiian Crickets
Coral
Germ Plasm
Coevolution
Milkweed
Fruit
Marine Cyanophages
Parasitic Plants
Red Queen Hypothesis
Mutualism
Deep-Sea Battery
Pathogen Protection
Codependence
Plants & Animals
Acacia & Ants
Beltian Body Snatcher
Adaptive Predatory Cycle
Bad Taste
Marked Against Predation
False Eyespots
Lepidopteran Defense
Convergent Evolution
Plants
Digestive Flexibility
Foraging
Blood Suckers
Swimming Ants
Rove Beetles
High-Altitude Hummingbirds
Insect Eusociality
Blue Tarantulas
Dragonfish
Camouflage
Endogenous Retroviruses
Adipose Fins
Flight
Flightlessness
Swimming
Vocalization
Infant Distress
Singing
Hearing
Toxic Adaptation
Alkaloids
Glycosides
Vision
Sea Urchins
Eye Evolution
Chiton
Paper Wasps
Echolocation
Suction Vision
Nervous Systems
Intelligence & Brains
Reversion Evolution
Snakes
Sightless Animals
Mites
Viruses
Sex
Tetrahymena
Sex continued
Gray Tree Frogs
Guppies
Conspecific Male Plant Competition
Marbled Crayfish
Hypotheses on Sex
Sexual Selection Intensity
Dominance
Genitals
Rejections
Humans
Development
Giraffes
Heterotopy
Metamorphosis
Development continued
Speciation
History
Variation
Woodrats
Sympatric Speciation
Lake Constance Sticklebacks
Orca Culture
Ducks
Plants
Parapatric Speciation
Speciation via Timing
Monkey-Flowers
Unhired Protection
Niches
Competition in Guadalupe Canyon
Hummingbirds
Birds
Flies in Evolutionary Flight
Evolutionary Hotspots
Galápagos Islands
Paramo
Optimality
Dandelions
Manta Rays
Deep-Sea Fish
Cells
Photosynthesis
Optimality continued 1
Moving Through Fluids
Turning
Optimality continued 2
Evolution By Perception
Nectar
Iridescence
Peacock Spiders
Stingers
Shore Crabs
Mimicry
Cowbirds
Cagey Vines
Batesian Mimicry
Mullerian Mimicry
Tiger Moths
Mimic Octopus
Large Blue Butterfly
Courting Cockroach Counterfeit
Altruism
Fitness Through Ignorance
Altruism Innate
Life-History Variables
Animals
Allometry
Bat Echolocation
Bat Shelter and Sociality
Infanticide
Cicadas
Mammal Predation
Mammal Defecation
Evolutionary Tradeoffs
Diving Birds
Sexuality
Banana Slug Sex
Monoecy
Ram Horns and Longevity
Lechwe Reproductive Strategy
Mating and Parent Care
Precocial versus Altricial
Climate & Body Size
Hot Horse
Wandering Albatross Winds
Brains
Sociality
Locusts
Hominin Life-History Variables
Intelligence
Eyesight to the Blind
Precocial & Altricial Animals
Manipularity-Intelligence Hypothesis
Plants
Seeds
Plant Life-History Variables continued
Rate of Living
George the Lobster
Full Lives
Aging & Mortality
Fertility
Negligible Senescence
Synopsis
Human Descent
Neoteny
Brain Size
Vocalization
Proconsul
Pierolapithecus
Pliobates
Climate
Pleistocene
The Last Glacial Maximum
Dyras Stadials
The Holocene Extinction
Bipedalism
Savannah Hypothesis
Hominid Tolerance Adaptation
Hominids
Sahelanthropus
Orrorin
Ardipithecus
Australopithecus
Fisticuffs
Au. anamensis
Au. afarensis
Lucy’s Northern Cousin
Lucy’s Southern Cousin
Lucy’s Next-Door Neighbor
Au. bahrelghazali
Au. africanus
Au. garhi
Au. sediba
Kenyanthropus
Paranthropus
Homo
The Paleolithic
H. Habilis
Not Homo?
Splitting & Lumping
H. antiquus
Splitting & Lumping continued
H. rudolfensis
H. helmei
H. gautengenis
H. erectus
H. ergaster
H. georgicus
Lumping, Take 2
Diet
Meat & Vegetables
On the Hunt
Fire
H. antecessor
H. heidelbergensis
Controversy
H. rhodesiensis
Neanderthal
Neanderthal Brain Development
Neanderthal Technology
Neanderthal Diet
Neanderthal Interbreeding
Denisovans
H. naledi
H. floresiensis
Hominid Speciation
Homo sapiens
Toba Super-Eruption
Red Deer Cave People
Cro-Magnon
Cro-Magnon versus Neanderthals
Continuing Evolution
Human Speciation
Propelling Human Evolution
Brains & Brawn
Culture
Language
Tilda
Monogamy
Longevity
Social Cunning
Cooperation
Social Structure
Cultural Diversity
Domestication & Violence
Technology
Synopsis
Early Human History
Prehistory
3-Age System
Expression
Art
Abstract Art
Cave Paintings
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
Geoglpyhs
Musical Instruments
Writing
Dispersal and Retention
Stone Age
Oldowan Industry
Archeulean Industry
Mousterian Industry
Stone Age continued
Settlement
Dolni Vestonice
Settlements continued
Abu Hureyra
Religion
Agriculture
Soil & Human Fertility
Animal Domestication
The Descent of Dogs
Silkworms
Agriculture continued
Cultural Crops
Mesopotamia
Early Civilizations
Sumer
Early Civilizations continued
Materialism
Religion
Bronze Age
Minoan Civilization
Ancient Egypt
Yamnayans
Bronze Age Collapse
Mycenaean Civilization
Iron Age
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Synopsis