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440 Index<br />

algae 365, 367<br />

algorithms, evolutionary 151–152<br />

ALH84001 meteorite 260–261,<br />

261, 298<br />

alleles, definition 264<br />

allergies 158–159<br />

allocation <strong>of</strong> resources 239–240<br />

allometry 13–15, 14<br />

adaptation and 3<br />

Flores Island people 164–165<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 424<br />

allopatric speciation 264, 384<br />

allozymes 321<br />

All Species Foundation 49<br />

Alnus (alder) 222<br />

Alnus maritima (seaside alder)<br />

125–126<br />

Alnus serrulata (hazel alder) 125–<br />

126<br />

alpine tundra 54, 125, 208, 431<br />

Altaic languages 235<br />

Altamira cave (Spain) 102, 103<br />

alternative splicing 293<br />

Altman, Sidney 302<br />

altruism 15–19<br />

Haldane, J. B. S. 186<br />

indirect reciprocity 18<br />

kin selection 16–17<br />

reciprocal 17–18<br />

sexual selection and 18, 212<br />

social insects 16–17<br />

Alu sequences 293<br />

Alvarez, Luis 100<br />

Alvarez, Walter 100<br />

amber 166<br />

Amborella trichopoda 21<br />

Ambulocetus natans 416<br />

American Civil Liberties Union 363<br />

American Museum <strong>of</strong> Natural<br />

History 142, 263<br />

amino acids 129, 129t, 134, 279–<br />

280, 299–301<br />

amniotic eggs 346<br />

Amoeba proteus 390<br />

amphibians 19–20, 121, 345<br />

anaerobic conditions 313, 350<br />

anagenesis 253<br />

analogy (analogous) 73, 433<br />

anaphase 265<br />

anapsids 346<br />

anatomy<br />

Cuvier, Georges 105<br />

Dart, Raymond 107<br />

ancestral traits (symplesiomorphy)<br />

72<br />

Anderson, Edgar 204<br />

Andromeda galaxy 405, 407<br />

Angier, Natalie 243<br />

angiosperms 20–22<br />

coevolution with pollinators<br />

78–79<br />

Cretaceous period 101<br />

dinosaurs and 124<br />

MADS genes 118, 120<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 433<br />

reproductive systems 340,<br />

340–341, 341<br />

tree <strong>of</strong> life 399<br />

angular unconformities 403<br />

animal rights 22–23, 326<br />

Annals <strong>of</strong> the Old Testament,<br />

Deduced from the First Origin <strong>of</strong><br />

the World (Ussher) 7<br />

annelids (Annelida) 220<br />

anole lizard 286<br />

Anomalocaris 65, 65–66, 167<br />

Antarctica 206, 207, 208<br />

Antarctic realm 50, 51m<br />

anthocyanin 27<br />

anthropic principle 23–24, 415<br />

anthropoids 324, 325–326<br />

anthropologists<br />

Dart, Raymond 107<br />

Dubois, Eugène 137–138<br />

Johanson, Donald 227<br />

Leakey, Louis S. B. 236–237<br />

Leakey, Mary 237<br />

Leakey, Richard 237–239<br />

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre 395<br />

antibiotic resistance 158, 197–198,<br />

347–348<br />

antievolutionism and<br />

antienvironmentalism xiv–xv<br />

antioxidants 244<br />

antlers 375<br />

Antp gene 118, 119t, 120<br />

ants<br />

agriculture and 8, 92<br />

dominant female reproductive<br />

systems 91<br />

emergence 143<br />

invasive species 217, 416<br />

kin selection 16–17<br />

mutualism 83<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 428<br />

Wilson, Edward O. 417–418<br />

The Ants (Wilson, Hölldobler) 416<br />

Apatosaurus (formerly<br />

Brontosaurus) 123<br />

apes 325–326. See also primates<br />

apicoplasts 390<br />

ApoE gene 157<br />

apomixis 203, 223, 385<br />

appendixes 410<br />

appetite 46<br />

Archaean Eon (Era) 174, 324<br />

archaebacteria (archaea) 24–25,<br />

37–39, 249<br />

extraterrestrial life 297<br />

photosynthesis 313<br />

tree <strong>of</strong> life 399<br />

Woese, Carl 419<br />

Archaeopteryx 25, 25–26, 62, 274,<br />

304<br />

Archaeoraptor lianingensis 61<br />

Archaeosperma 182<br />

archosaurs 346<br />

Arctic Ocean 206, 207<br />

arctic tundra 54, 125<br />

Ardipithecus ramidus 32<br />

Ardrey, Robert 32<br />

“Are Humans Alone in the<br />

Universe” (essay) 297–299<br />

argument from design 97, 109,<br />

286–287. See also intelligent<br />

design theory<br />

argument from personal omniscience<br />

214<br />

Aristotle 1<br />

Arizona<br />

Barrington Crater 28, 29<br />

San Francisco Mountains 54<br />

Arkansas, teaching evolution in 362<br />

Armageddon (film) 28<br />

Armbruster, W. Scott 71<br />

Arrhenius, Svante 298<br />

Arsuaga, Juan Luis 192<br />

art<br />

Cro-Magnon 102, 102–103,<br />

103, 238–239<br />

H. heidelbergensis 193<br />

Homo sapiens 187, 194, 195<br />

Neandertals 289<br />

sexual selection and 212<br />

arthropods 65, 65, 220, 400–401,<br />

401<br />

artificial selection 26–27, 27, 281,<br />

422<br />

Asclepias (milkweed) 77

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