Richard Dawkins’ ‘The Extended Phenotype’ challenges the idea that evolutionary effects are limited to organisms, arguing that genes influence traits which can extend beyond the individual, into the environment and other species.
Charles Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’ revolutionized biological science by explaining the mechanisms of evolution through natural selection.
Dawkins argues against the watchmaker analogy and explains how natural selection allows complex biological systems to arise without a designer.
Dawkins’s ‘The Selfish Gene’ revolutionizes the way we see natural selection, arguing that genes are the main unit of evolution.
Published on 24 November 1859, ‘On the Origin of Species’ revolutionized the way we understand the natural world. Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking work introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin meticulously detailed the variation in species across different habitats, the struggle for existence, and how adaptation and selection drive the emergence of new species. This book was a critical step in the development of evolutionary biology and laid the foundations for the modern understanding of evolution.
Explores how genes extend influence beyond the organism they reside in.
Darwin’s seminal work on the mechanisms of evolution and natural selection.
An eloquent defense of evolution, dispelling the need for a designer.
A revolutionary perspective on evolution and the role of genes in shaping behavior.