There are countless Evolution courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
1. Why Evolution Is True (2010)
In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the proof of evolution by natural selection is vast, varied, and magnificent. In this succinct and accessible summary of the facts supporting the theory of natural selection, Jerry A. Coyne dispels common misunderstandings and fears about evolution and clearly confirms the scientific truth that supports this amazing process of change. Weaving together the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the “indelible stamp”…
2. Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (2007)
What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What can microbes tell us about morality? These and many other questions are tackled by Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. Now everyone can move beyond the sterile debates about creationism and intelligent design to share Darwin’s panoramic view of animal and human life, seamlessly connected to each other. Evolution, as Wilson explains, is not just about dinosaurs and human origins, but about why all species behave as they do—from beetles that devour their own…
3. The Evolution of a Girl (2019)
The Evolution of a Girl is a collection of poetry and prose taking the reader from girl to woman; from heartbreak and anger to transformation and rebirth. It speaks of the strength we find when learning to accept ourselves and the unbreakable softness that comes from unyielding self-love. The Evolution of a Girl is a book for those who are hurting, for those who are healing, and for those who are ready to try again….
4. La civilisation française en evolution I: Institutions et culture avant la Ve Republique (World Languages) (French Edition) (1995)
LA CIVILISATION FRANÇAIS EN ÉVOLUTION I: INSTITUTIONS ET CULTURE AVANT LA VE RÉPUBLIQUE is a modern and provocative look at French history and civilization from prehistory to the Ve Republique. Organized into six dossiers, each dossier examines a particular facet of France’s development….
5. Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design (2017)
But today we know NASA astronaut Scott Kelly's body altered its own gene expressions in just one year (!) when he traveled to space and back. His body executed a direct evolutionary response to the rigors of the International Space Station.Such new discoveries demonstrate how obsolete Neo-Darwinian ideas about random mutation were. New knowledge was resisted for decades. Why? Because it overturned entrenched norms, popular beliefs, accepted paradigms.The old-school Darwinism of yesteryear is dead on arrival. It has been replaced with a new synthesis. If…
6. Evolution: Making Sense of Life (2015)
Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today’s biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life. Students will learn the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory, such…
7. Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You and Your Waistline (2009)
Does losing weight and staying healthy feel like a battle? Well, it’s really a war. Your enemies are your own genes, backed by millions of years of evolution, and the only way to win is to outsmart them. Renowned surgeon and founder of Gundry MD, Dr. Steven Gundry’s revolutionary book shares the health secrets other doctors won’t tell you:• Why plants are “good” for you because they’re “bad” for you, and meat is “bad” because it’s “good” for you• Why plateauing on this diet is actually a sign that you’re on the right…
8. Ecology: Evolution, Application, Integration (2015)
Ecology: Evolution, Application, Integration provides students and instructors with a groundbreaking evolutionary approach that transforms ecology from a collection of disassociated facts into an integrated, concept driven discipline. Since most ecological interactions are rooted in adaptive evolution, students learn to place ecological problems in an evolutionary context, thinking critically instead of just memorizing facts. This text develops scientific reasoning skills by teaching students not just what we know about the field, but also how we know what we know about it.Each chapter of Ecology begins with a fundamental ecological question….
9. Extinction Evolution (Extinction Cycle) (Volume 4) (2015)
Central Command is gone, the military is fractured, and the surviving members of Team Ghost, led by Master Sergeant Reed Beckham, have been pushed to the breaking point. While the strong return to the battlefield, the wounded are forced to stay behind on Plum Island and fight their inner demons. Betrayed by the country they swore to defend and surrounded by enemies on all sides, Team Ghost has one mission left: protect Dr. Kate Lovato and Dr. Pat Ellis while they develop a weapon to defeat the Variants once and for all. But after a grisly discovery in Atlanta,…
10. No Light (Werelock Evolution) (2018)
He was supposed to be an easy target. I had a clean shot at him while his back was turned and his pants were down. I wasn’t supposed to get distracted by his scent … or by the sight of his perfectly sculpted naked ass cheeks on display. He was never supposed to turn around and see me.Or start stripping the rest of his clothes off. And the greatest threat to my daughter’s life definitely wasn’t supposed to start kissing me—after I’d just shot him five times. 100k word, full-length novel. HEA with NO cheating. Although this is book #4 in the Werelock Evolution series…
11. Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis (2016)
More than thirty years after his landmark book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), biologist Michael Denton revisits his earlier thesis about the inability of Darwinian evolution to explain the history of life. He argues that there remains “an irresistible consilience of evidence for rejecting Darwinian cumulative selection as the major driving force of evolution.” From the origin of life to the origin of human language, the great divisions in the natural order are still as profound as ever, and they are still unsupported by the series of adaptive transitional…
Best Evolution Books You Should Enjoy
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Sex, Power, and Partisanship : How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide
Author(s): Hector A. Garcia
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Year: 5 Feb 2019, Size: 684 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 2325306
Evolutionary Metaphors: UFOs, New Existentialism and the Future Paradigm
Author(s): David J. Moore
Publisher: 6th Books, Year: 31 May 2019, Size: 596 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 2402707
The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
Author(s): Richard Wrangham
Publisher: Pantheon Books, Year: 29 Jan 2019, Size: 758 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 2321779
Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs and the Unmasking of Death in America
Author(s): April Slaughter,Troy Taylor
Publisher: Whitechapel Productions, Year: 27 Jun 2018, Size: 6 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2394210
The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World
Author(s): Christopher J. Preston
Publisher: The MIT Press, Year: 22 Feb 2019, Size: 528 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 2388673
Rockburst evolutionary process and energy dissipation characteristics
Author(s): He, Xueqiu; Li, Zhenlei; Liu, Jie; Song, Dazhao; Wang, Enyuan
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2020, Size: 10 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2367650
Mysterious Ocean: Physical Processes and Geological Evolution
Author(s): Peter Townsend Harris
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2020, Size: 9 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2407802
Laterites of the Bengal Basin: Characterization, Geochronology and Evolution
Author(s): Sandipan Ghosh, Sanat Kumar Guchhait
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2020, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2408843
Evolution and Water Resources Utilization of the Yangtze River
Author(s): Jin Chen
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Year: 2020, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2411495
What Darwin Didn’t Know: The Modern Science of Evolution
Author(s): Scott Solomon
Publisher: The Teaching Company, Year: 2019-01, Size: 21 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2401225
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely best-sellers according to USA Today, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.