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(in brief) - I Background to the Study of Evolution - EvolutionaryBiology - A Short History of Evolutionary Biology - Genetics and Development- Ecology - II Patterns and History - Classification and Phylogeny - TheFossil Record - A History of Life on Earth - The Geography of Evolution - IIIEvolutionary Processes in Populations and Species - Origin of GeneticVariation - Population Structure and Genetic Drift - Natural Selection andAdaptation - Multiple Genes and Quantitative Traits - Species - Speciation -IV Character Evolution - Form and Function - Evolution of Interactions amongSpecies - Evolutions of Life Histories - Evolution of Behavior - Evolution ofGenetic Systems - Molecular Evolution - V Macroevolution: Evolution above theSpecies Level - Development and Evolution - Pattern and Process inMacroevolution - The Evolution of Biological Diversity - Human Evolution andVariation - Evolutionary Biology in the Future - Contending with Creationism -