Evolution

COLIN PATTERSON was employed in the Palaeontology Department of The Natural History Museum in London from 1962 until 1993. He held an individual merit appointment beginning in 1974. Although retired at the age of sixty, he continued to work daily in the Museum until his sudden death in 1998.

"A concise and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory."-The Midwest Book Review "Provides a concise and engaging summary of modern evolutionary theory, for students and general readers with little or no formal training in science."-SciTech Book News, December 1999 "The book is a concise, lucid introduction to evolutionary biology for the layperson. Among the valuable resources is a discussion of molecular biology that contains references to 1996 and so is fairly up to date. The drawings and charts make the text easier for a nonspecialist to follow."-Karen Bartelt, Reports of the National Center for Science Education. May/June 2000 "Under a single cover, a well-balanced and generally readable summary of modern evolutionary theory... Well-illustrated."-Northeastern Naturalist, Issue 8/1, 2001