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Index<br />

Note: Boldface page numbers indicate main entries, italic page numbers indicate illustrations, m refers to maps, t refers to<br />

tables.<br />

A<br />

Aaron’s Y chromosome 258–259<br />

abdA gene 118, 119t<br />

abdB gene 118, 119t<br />

ABO blood groups 40<br />

Abrahamson, Warren 285<br />

Acacia 8, 83<br />

Acanthostega gunnari 19<br />

acclimation (acclimatization) 2<br />

Acheulean tools 163, 189, 190,<br />

191, 393<br />

acid rain 311<br />

Ackerly, David 4<br />

adaptation 1–4<br />

concept <strong>of</strong> 1<br />

convergence 89–93, 90, 92<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin)<br />

426–427, 427–428<br />

perfect v. imperfect 1–2<br />

proximate causes 2–3<br />

ultimate causes 3–4<br />

use <strong>of</strong> term 1<br />

adaptive radiation 4–6, 5m<br />

Darwin’s finches 6, 114, 116<br />

Galápagos Islands 171–172<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 431<br />

adenine (A) 132, 133<br />

adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 350<br />

adult stem cells 244<br />

Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger<br />

mosquito) 217<br />

aerobic conditions 313<br />

aerobic respiration 350–351<br />

Africa<br />

Ediacaran organisms (Namibia)<br />

141–142<br />

Goodall, Jane 175–176<br />

Homo ergaster 189<br />

Homo habilis 191<br />

Homo sapiens 194<br />

ice ages and 208<br />

Kabwe skull 194, 275<br />

Karoo Basin deposits 309, 310<br />

Katanda harpoon point 187, 194<br />

language 234–235<br />

Leakey, Louis S. B. 34, 189,<br />

191, 236, 236–237<br />

Leakey, Mary 33, 236–237<br />

Leakey, Richard 236, 237–239,<br />

238<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> Africa theory 104, 130<br />

Permo-Triassic deposits 309,<br />

310<br />

Tanzania stone tools 190<br />

African Adam 130<br />

African Eve 130<br />

African honeybee (Apis mellifera)<br />

217, 218<br />

439<br />

After Many a Summer (Huxley,<br />

Aldous) 292<br />

Agassiz, Lake 208<br />

Agassiz, Louis 6–7, 95, 205<br />

age <strong>of</strong> Earth 7–8, 96, 229–230, 305<br />

aggression 342–343, 345<br />

aging (senescence) 243, 244–246<br />

agnathan fishes 162<br />

agnosticism 95, 201<br />

Agrawal, Alka 294<br />

agriculture 8–10<br />

artificial selection 26–27, 27,<br />

281, 422<br />

DNA markers 258–259<br />

livestock animals 8, 10, 372,<br />

422, 426<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 422<br />

Agrobacterium tumifaciens 198<br />

AIDS, evolution <strong>of</strong> 10–13<br />

individual resistance to 12, 279<br />

mutation rate 13<br />

origins <strong>of</strong> 11–12<br />

resistance <strong>of</strong> HIV 12, 13t<br />

air movement 397<br />

alarm calls 16<br />

albedo 139, 380<br />

Alberts, Bruce 216<br />

Albumares 141<br />

alders (Alnus) 125–126, 222

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