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Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological diversity in the living world. One of the best-studied examples involves Caribbean Anolis lizards. With about 400 species, Anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral studies to understand evolutionary diversification. This major work, written by one of the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.

Anoles --- Anolis --- Polychrotidae --- Adaptation. --- Ecology. --- Evolution. --- adaptation. --- adaptive landscape. --- adaptive radiation. --- ancestral species. --- behavioral studies. --- biological diversity. --- biology. --- caribbean anolis lizards. --- caribbean islands. --- comparable traits. --- convergent evolution. --- creatures. --- cuba. --- dominican republic. --- ecological theory. --- ecology. --- environment. --- evolution. --- evolutionary diversification. --- generational. --- haiti. --- hispaniola. --- jamaica. --- living world. --- lizard diversity. --- lizards. --- model system. --- natural laboratory. --- phenomenon. --- predictability. --- puerto rico. --- science. --- scientists. --- understanding evolution.

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It is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in "nature," or that is so slow that its ongoing impact is virtually nonexistent when viewed from the perspective of a single human lifetime. But we now know that when natural selection is strong, evolutionary change can be very rapid. In this book, some of the world's leading scientists explore the implications of this reality for human life and society. With some twenty-three essays, this volume provides authoritative yet accessible explorations of why understanding evolution is crucial to human life-from dealing with climate change and ensuring our food supply, health, and economic survival to developing a richer and more accurate comprehension of society, culture, and even what it means to be human itself. Combining new essays with essays revised and updated from the acclaimed Princeton Guide to Evolution, this collection addresses the role of evolution in aging, cognition, cooperation, religion, the media, engineering, computer science, and many other areas. The result is a compelling and important book about how evolution matters to humans today.

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