Outline of evolution

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution:

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Evolution – change in heritable traits of biological organisms over generations due to natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift. Also known as descent with modification. Over time these evolutionary processes lead to formation of new species (speciation), changes within lineages (anagenesis), and loss of species (extinction). "Evolution" is also another name for evolutionary biology, the subfield of biology concerned with studying evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth.

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Introduction

Introduction to evolution – non-technical overview of the subject of biological evolution
Evolution – change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
Evolution as fact and theory – A discussion of the meaning and usage of the terms evolution, fact and theory

Basic principles

Macroevolution – Evolution on a scale at or above the level of species
- Speciation – Evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species
  - Natural speciation
    - Allopatric speciation – Speciation that occurs between geographically isolated populations
    - Peripatric speciation – Speciation in which a new species is formed from an isolated smaller peripheral population
    - Parapatric speciation – Speciation within a population where subpopulations are reproductively isolated
    - Sympatric speciation – A process through which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region
  - Artificial speciation
    - Animal husbandry – Management, selective breeding, and care of farm animals by humans
    - Plant breeding – The art and science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics
    - Genetic engineering – Direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology
  - Hybrid speciation – Form of speciation involving hybridization between two different species
- Despeciation – The loss of a unique species of animal due to its combining with another previously distinct species
- Anagenesis – Gradual evolutionary change in a species without splitting
- Extinction – Termination of a taxon by the death of the last member
Microevolution – change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population
- Artificial selection – Process by which humans use animal and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits
- Natural selection – Mechanism of evolution by differential survival and reproduction of individuals
  - Sexual selection – Mode of natural selection involving the choosing of and competition for mates
- Mutation – Alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a genome
- Gene flow – The transfer of genetic variation from one population to another
- Genetic drift – The change in the frequency of an existing gene variant in a population

Subfields

Biogeography – The study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time
Ecological genetics – The study of genetics in natural populations
Evolutionary biology – The study of the processes that produced the diversity of life
- Evolutionary developmental biology – Field of research that compares the developmental processes of different organisms to infer the ancestral relationships
Evolutionary ecology – Study of how interactions among species and between species and their environment affect species through selection and adaptation
Evolutionary physiology – Study of changes over time in a population's physiological characteristics in response to natural selection
Evolutionary taxonomy – Classification of organisms based on shared descent, serial descent, and degree of evolutionary change
Experimental evolution – Use of laboratory and field experiments to explore evolutionary dynamics
Molecular evolution – process of change in the sequence composition of cellular molecules across generations
Phylogenetics – Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
Population genetics – Study of genetic differences within and between populations including the study of adaptation, speciation, and population structure
Paleontology – The scientific study of life prior to roughly 11,700 years ago
- Paleovirology – The study of ancient viruses
- Timeline of paleontology – A timeline of notable events in the sudy of ancient life
Systematics – The study of the diversification and relationships among living things through time

History

Charles Darwin – English naturalist and biologist
- On the Origin of Species – 1859 book on evolutionary biology by Charles Darwin
- Caricatures of Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory in 19th-century England – {{original research
History of evolutionary thought – The history of evolutionary thought in biology
- By period or event
  - Evolutionary ideas of the Renaissance and Enlightenment – Changes in thinking about evolution from religious and spiritual to more mechanistic and biological over the 17th and 18th centuries
  - Transmutation of species – 19th-century evolutionary ideas for the altering of one species into another that preceded Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection
  - 1860 Oxford evolution debate – Famous discussion about evolution featuring an exchange between Wilberforce and Huxley
  - The eclipse of Darwinism – The period when evolution was widely accepted, but natural selection was not
  - Evolutionary progress – Hypothesis that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve towards some goal
  - Scopes Trial – 1925 legal case in Tennessee, USA, testing the legality of teaching evolution in schools
  - Modern synthesis – Combination of Darwins theory of evolution with natural selection and Mendel's findings on heredity
  - Current research – The study of the processes that produced the diversity of life
- By field
  - Evolutionary developmental biology – Field of research that compares the developmental processes of different organisms to infer the ancestral relationships
  - History of evolutionary psychology
  - History of molecular evolution – History of the field of study of molecular evolution
  - History of paleontology – The history of the effort to understand the history of life on Earth by studying the fossil record
Social effect of evolutionary theory

Evolutionary theory and modelling

See also Basic principles (above)

Population genetics

Population genetics – Study of genetic differences within and between populations including the study of adaptation, speciation, and population structure
Process
- Mutation – Alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a genome
- Selection
  - Natural selection – Mechanism of evolution by differential survival and reproduction of individuals
    - Sexual selection – Mode of natural selection involving the choosing of and competition for mates
  - Artificial selection – Process by which humans use animal and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits
  - Ecological selection – Natural selection without sexual selection
- Gene flow – The transfer of genetic variation from one population to another
- Genetic drift – The change in the frequency of an existing gene variant in a population
  - Small population size – Statistical effects of small numbers on a population
  - Population bottleneck – The effects of a sharp reduction in numbers on the diversity and robustness of a population
  - Founder effect – Loss of genetic variation resulting from a few individuals establishing a new population
  - Coalescent theory – A model for tracing the history of genetic variation
Variation
- Genetic variation – The concept and mechanisms of variation in alleles of genes
  - Genetic diversity – The total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species
  - Gene frequency – The relative frequency of a variant of a gene at a particular locus in a population
  - Polymorphism (biology) – Occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms in the population of a species
Key concepts
- Hardy-Weinberg law – principle within genetics
- Genetic linkage – tendency of DNA sequences that are close together on a chromosome to be inherited together
- Identity by descent – Identical nucleotide sequence due to inheritance without recombination from a common ancestor
- Linkage disequilibrium – The non-random association of alleles at two or more genetic loci (either on the same or different chromosome)
- Fisher's fundamental theorem – A principle relating genetic variance to fitness
- Neutral theory
- Shifting balance theory – A theory suggesting that adaptive evolution may proceed most quickly when subpopulations have restricted gene flow
- Price equation – Description of how a trait or gene changes in frequency over time
- Coefficient of relationship – A measure of the degree of biological relationship between two individuals
- Fitness – Expected reproductive success
- Heritability – Estimation of effect of genetic variation on phenotypic variation of a trait
Effects of selection
- Genetic hitchhiking – Incidental selection of non-harmful genes which are close to a beneficial gene on the same DNA chain
- Negative selection (natural selection) – The selective removal of alleles that are deleterious
Related topics
- Microevolution – change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population
- Evolutionary game theory – The application of game theory to evolving populations in biology
- Fitness landscape – Model used to visualise relationship between genotypes and reproductive success
- Genetic genealogy – The use of DNA testing in combination with traditional genealogical methods to infer relationships between individuals and find ancestors
- Quantitative genetics – The study of the inheritance of continuously variable traits

Evolutionary phenomena

Adaptation – Trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism maintained and evolved by natural selection
Adaptive radiation – A process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species
Coevolution – Two or more species influencing each other's evolution
Concerted evolution
Convergent evolution – Independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages which creates analogous structures
- List of examples of convergent evolution – Wikipedia list article
Divergent evolution – Accumulation of differences between closely related species populations, leading to speciation
- Divergent evolution in animals
Evolution of ageing – Study of the evolutionary development of ageing processes
Evolution of biological complexity – The tendency for maximum complexity to increase over time, though without any overall direction
Evolution of multicellularity – The development of organisms that consists of more than one cell from unicellular ancestors
Evolution of photosynthesis – The origin and subsequent evolution of the process by which light energy is used to synthesize sugars
Evolution of sexual reproduction – How sexually reproducing multicellular organisms could have evolved from a common ancestor species
Evolutionary arms race – The competition of sets of genes, traits, or species, that develop adaptations and counter-adaptations against each other
Evolutionary capacitance – Hypothetical mechanism to activate and deactivate phenotypic effect of accumulated genetic variation
Evolutionary fauna
Evolutionary pressure – Any cause that reduces reproductive success in a proportion of a population
Evolutionary radiation – An increase in taxonomic diversity or morphological disparity, due to adaptive change or the opening of ecospace
Evolutionary trap – Cases in which an evolved, and presumably adaptive, trait has suddenly become maladaptive
Evolvability – capacity of a system for adaptive evolution
Exaptation – A shift in the function of a trait during evolution
Extinction – Termination of a taxon by the death of the last member
Fitness (biology) – Expected reproductive success
- Inclusive fitness – A measure of evolutionary success based on the number of offspring the individual supports
  - Kin selection – The evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction
- Reproductive success – The passing of genes on to the next generation in a way that they too can pass on those genes
Genetic recombination – The production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ from those found in either parent
Horizontal gene transfer in evolution – The evolutionary consequences of transfer of genetic material between organisms of different taxa
Human evolution (origins of society and culture)
Inversion (evolutionary biology) – Hypothesis that during the course of chordate evolution, the structures along the dorsoventral axis have taken on an orientation opposite that of the ancestral form
Mosaic evolution – Evolution of characters at various rates both within and between species
Parallel evolution – Similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, in response to similar evolutionary pressure
Quantum evolution – Evolution where transitional forms are particularly unstable and do not last long
Recurrent evolution – The repeated evolution of a particular character
Robustness (evolution)
Speciation – Evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species

Modelling

Emergent evolution – The hypothesis that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as mind and consciousness, appear at certain critical points
Epic of evolution – A narrative that blends religious and scientific views of cosmic, biological and sociocultural evolution in a mythological manner
Evolution window – A narrow band of mutation step size that is conducive to significant evolutionary progress
Evolutionary dynamics – The study of the mathematical principles according to which biological organisms and cultural ideas evolve
Evolutionary game theory – The application of game theory to evolving populations in biology
Evolutionary graph theory – An approach to studying how topology affects evolution of a population
Evolutionary invasion analysis – Mathematical modeling techniques that use differential equations to study the long-term evolution of traits in asexually reproducing populations
Largest-scale trends in evolution – The low end minimum limit for complexity of living organisms may result in a general gradual trend for increased complexity over time

Taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny

Fundamentals

Taxonomy – Science of naming, defining and classifying organisms
- Alpha taxonomy – The discipline of finding, describing, and naming taxa, particularly species
- Biological classification – The science of identifying, describing, defining and naming groups of biological organisms
- Binomial nomenclature – System of identifying species of organisms using a two-part name
- Evolutionary taxonomy – Classification of organisms based on shared descent, serial descent, and degree of evolutionary change
- Catalogue of life – Online database and index of taxa
- Homonym (biology) – Scientific name that is identical in spelling to a name with a different type
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System – Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature – Code of scientific nomenclature for animals
- International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants – Code of scientific nomenclature
- Linnaean taxonomy – A rank based classification system for organisms
- Phenetics – An attempt to classify organisms based on overall similarity
- Species 2000 – Federated taxonomic database system for species checklists
- Taxon – Group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms which have distinguishing characteristics in common
- Taxonomic rank – Level in a taxonomic hierarchy
- Type (biology) – Specimen(s) to which a scientific name is formally attached
- Species description – Formal description and naming of a new recognised species
Systematics – The study of the diversification and relationships among living things through time
- Cladogram – A diagram used to show relations among groups of organisms with common origins
- Phylogenetic tree – Branching diagram of evolutionary relationships between organisms
Phylogenetics – Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
- Cladistics – A method of biological systematics in evolutionary biology
- Computational phylogenetics – The application of computational algorithms, methods, and programs to phylogenetic analyses
- Common descent – Characteristic of a group of organisms with a common ancestor
- Evidence of common descent – Evidence that a given group of organisms have a common ancestor, and therefore that evolution has taken place.
- Evolutionary grade – Non-monophyletic grouping of organisms united by morphological or physiological characteristics
- Lineage (evolution) – Sequence of populations, organisms, cells, or genes that form a line of descent
- Molecular phylogenetics – The branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences
- Most recent common ancestor – Most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended

Basic concepts of phylogenetics

Phylogenetic tree – Branching diagram of evolutionary relationships between organisms
Phylogenetic network
Long branch attraction – A form of systematic error whereby distantly related lineages are incorrectly inferred to be closely related
Clade – Monophyletic group of organisms composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants
Grade – Non-monophyletic grouping of organisms united by morphological or physiological characteristics
Ghost lineage – A phylogenetic lineage that is inferred to exist but has no fossil record.

Inference methods

Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics) – Optimality criterion in which the shortest possible tree that explains the data is considered best
Minimum evolution
Probabilistic methods
- Maximum likelihood estimation – method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model, given observations
- Bayesian inference – Statistical method for molecular phylogenetics
Distance matrices in phylogeny – Matrices used in construction of phylogenetic trees
- Neighbor joining – A bottom-up clustering method for creating phylogenetic trees
- Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA) – Agglomerative hierarchical clustering method
- Least squares inference in phylogeny – Generation of phylogenetic trees based on an observed matrix of pairwise genetic distances
Three-taxon analysis – A cladistic based method of phylogenetic reconstruction

Current topics

PhyloCode, also known as International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature
DNA barcoding – Method of species identification using a short section of DNA
Molecular phylogenetics – The branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences
Phylogenetic comparative methods – Use of information on the historical relationships of lineages to test evolutionary hypotheses
Phylogenetic network
Phylogenetic niche conservatism
List of phylogenetics software – A compilation of software used to produce phylogenetic trees
Phylogenomics – The intersection of the fields of evolution and genomics
Phylogeography – The study of the historical processes that may be responsible for the contemporary geographic distributions of individuals
DNA phylogeny

Group Traits

Symplesiomorphy – An ancestral character or trait state shared by two or more taxa
Apomorphy – A shared characteristic that differs from the earlier ancestors that distinguishes a clade from other organisms
Synapomorphy – A shared characteristic that differs from the earlier ancestors that distinguishes a clade from other organisms
Autapomorphy – A distinctive feature, known as a derived trait, that is unique to a given taxon

Group Types

Monophyly – Property of a group of including all taxa descendant from a common ancestral species
Paraphyly – Property of a group which includes only descendants of a common ancestor, but excludes at least one monophyletic subgroup
Polyphyly – A set of organisms that do not share an immediate common ancestor

Evolution of biodiversity

Biodiversity – Variety and variability of life forms

Origin and evolutionary history of life

Abiogenesis – Natural process by which life arises from non-living matter
Evolutionary history of life
Timeline of the evolutionary history of life – Current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life

Evolution of tetrapods

Evolution of tetrapods – The evolution of four legged vertebrates and their derivatives
- Evolution of dinosaurs
  - Evolution of birds – Derivation of birds from a dinosaur precursor, and the adaptive radiation of bird species
- Evolution of mammals – Derivation of mammals from a synapsid precursor, and the adaptive radiation of mammal species
  - Evolution of cetaceans – Derivation of cetaceans from an artiodactyl precursor, and the adaptive radiation of cetacean species
  - Evolution of horses – Derivation of horses from an ungulate precursor
  - Evolution of primates – The origin and diversification of primates through geologic time
    - Evolution of humans – Evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of anatomically modern humans
      - Evolution of human intelligence – The development of intelligence in humans and association with evolution of the brain and the origin of language
      - Human evolutionary genetics – study of differences between human genomes
      - Sexual selection in human evolution – The evolutionary effects of sexual selection on humans
      - Timeline of human evolution – Chronological outline of major events in the development of the human species
    - Evolution of lemurs – History of primate evolution on Madagascar
  - Evolution of sirenians – Development from a Tethytherian ancestor and radiation of species
- Evolution of reptiles – The origin and diversification of reptiles through geologic time

Evolution of other animals

Evolution of brachiopods – The origin and diversification of brachiopods through geologic time
Evolution of cephalopods – The origin and diversification of cephalopods through geologic time
Evolution of fish – The origin and diversification of fish through geologic time
Evolution of insects – Development of insects from an ancestral crustacean and their subsequent radiation
- Evolution of butterflies – The origin and diversification of butterflies through geologic time
- Peppered moth evolution – significance of the peppered moth in evolutionary biology
Evolution of molluscs – The origin and diversification of mulluscs through geologic time
Evolution of spiders – The origin from a chelicerate ancestor and diversification of spiders through geologic time

Evolution of plants

Evolution of plants – The origin and diversification of plants through geologic time
- Evolutionary anachronism – Attributes of living species that are best explained as having been favorably selected due to coevolution with other species that have since become extinct
- Plant evolution – subset of evolutionary phenomena that concern plants
- Plant evolutionary developmental biology – The study of developmental programs and patterns in plants from an evolutionary perspective
- Timeline of plant evolution – Chronological outline of major events in the development of plants

Evolution of other taxa

Evolution of fungi – The origin and diversification of fungi through geologic time
Evolution of viruses – Subfield of evolutionary biology and virology concerned with the evolution of viruses
- Evolution of influenza
E. coli long-term evolution experiment – Scientific study

Evolution of cells, organs, and systems

Evolution of cells – The evolutionary origin and subsequent development of cells
Evolution of flagella – Origin of three known varieties of flagella
Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles – An evolutionary event in which bones from the jaws of reptiles became part of the hearing apparatus in mammals
Evolution of nervous systems – Origin and subsequent variation and development of neurons and neural tissues and organs
Evolution of snake venom – The origin and diversification of snake venom through geologic time
Evolution of the brain – Overview of the evolution of the brain
Evolution of the eye – Origins and diversification of the organs of sight through geologic time
- Evolution of color vision – The origin and variation of colour vision across various lineages through geologic time
- Evolution of color vision in primates – The loss and regain of colour vision during the evolution of primates
Immune system – Biological system that protects an organism against disease
Evolution of metabolism – The set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms

Evolution of molecules and genes

Directed evolution – A method used in protein engineering that mimics the process of natural selection to steer proteins or nucleic acids toward a user-defined goal
Error threshold (evolution) – A limit on the number of base pairs a self-replicating molecule may have before mutation will destroy the information in subsequent generations of the molecule
Evolution of DNA
Gene-centered view of evolution – Reasoning that since heritable information is passed from generation to generation almost exclusively by DNA, natural selection and evolution are best considered from the perspective of genes
Genome evolution – The process by which a genome changes in structure or size over time
Hologenome theory of evolution – Evolutionary view of an individual multicellular organism as a community of the host plus all of its symbiotic microbes
Molecular evolution – process of change in the sequence composition of cellular molecules across generations
- History of molecular evolution – History of the field of study of molecular evolution
- Neutral theory of molecular evolution
- Nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution – A modification of the neutral theory of molecular evolution that accounts for the fact that not all mutations are either so deleterious such that they can be ignored, or else neutral
Neutral network (evolution) – A set of genes all related by point mutations that have equivalent function or fitness
RNA-based evolution – A theory that RNA plays an independent role in determining phenotype

Evolution of behaviour

Co-operation (evolution) – Evolutionary process where groups of organisms work or act together for common or mutual benefits
Evolution of biparental care in tropical frogs – The evolution of the behaviour in frogs in which both the mother and father raise their offspring
Evolution of emotion – Study of the evolution of emotions
Evolution of empathy – The capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing
Evolution of eusociality – Origins of cooperative brood care, overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups.
Monogamy in animals – The natural history of mating systems in which species pair bond to raise offspring
Reciprocal altruism – Behaviour whereby an organism acts in a manner that temporarily reduces its fitness while increasing another organism's fitness in the expectation of reciprocity
Reciprocity (evolution) – Mechanisms whereby the evolution of cooperative or altruistic behaviour may be favoured by the probability of future mutual interactions

Evolution of other processes

Evolution of ageing – Study of the evolutionary development of ageing processes
- Evolution of aging and mortality – Permanent end of life's functions
- Origin of programmed cell death – Death of a cell mediated by intracellular program, often as part of development
Origin of avian flight – Evolution of birds from non-flying ancestors
Evolution of biological complexity – The tendency for maximum complexity to increase over time, though without any overall direction
Mosaic evolution – Evolution of characters at various rates both within and between species
Evolution of multicellularity – The development of organisms that consists of more than one cell from unicellular ancestors
Evolution of sexual reproduction – How sexually reproducing multicellular organisms could have evolved from a common ancestor species
- Mating type – Molecular mechanisms that regulate compatibility in sexually reproducing eukaryotes.s
- Gamete differentiation/sexes – Sexual reproduction involving a large, "female" gamete and a small, "male" gamete
- Sex-determination – A biological system that determines HOW TO DETERMINE THE sexual characteristics in an organism
- Life cycles/nuclear phases

Applications in other disciplines

Applications of evolution
Biological anthropology – Branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species
Evolutionary aesthetics – Evolutionary psychology theories in which the basic aesthetic preferences of Homo sapiens are argued to have evolved in order to enhance survival and reproductive success
Evolutionary anthropology – The interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and the relation between hominids and non-hominid primates
Evolutionary computation – Trial and error problem solvers with a metaheuristic or stochastic optimization character
Evolutionary economics
- Kenneth Boulding's evolutionary perspective – An approaxh to economic theory based on an evolutionary model
Evolutionary epistemology – Ambiguous term applied to several concepts
Evolutionary ethics – Field of inquiry that explores how evolutionary theory might bear on our understanding of ethics or morality.
Evolutionary linguistics – An umbrella term for various sociobiological approaches to linguistics
Evolutionary medicine – The application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease
Evolutionary neuroscience – Study of the evolution of nervous systems
Evolutionary psychology – Application of evolutionary theory to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations
- Biosocial criminology – Field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring both biological factors and environmental factors
- Criticism of evolutionary psychology
- Evolution of morality – The emergence of human moral behavior over the course of human evolution
- Evolution of schizophrenia
- Evolutionary aesthetics – Evolutionary psychology theories in which the basic aesthetic preferences of Homo sapiens are argued to have evolved in order to enhance survival and reproductive success
- Evolutionary approaches to depression – Attempts by evolutionary psychologists to use the theory of evolution to shed light on the problem of mood disorders
- Evolutionary developmental psychology – Application of the basic principles of Darwinian evolution to understand the development of human behavior and cognition
  - Evolutionary developmental psychopathology
- Evolutionary educational psychology
- Evolutionary ethics – Field of inquiry that explores how evolutionary theory might bear on our understanding of ethics or morality.
- Evolutionary leadership theory – Analysis of leadership from an evolutionary perspective
- Evolutionary musicology
- Evolutionary origin of religions – Emergence of religious behavior discussed in terms of natural evolution
- Evolutionary psychology of language – The study of the evolutionary history of language assuming it is a result of Darwinian adaptation
- Evolutionary psychology of parenting
- Evolutionary psychology of religion – The study of religious belief using evolutionary psychology principles
- Theoretical foundations of evolutionary psychology – The general and specific scientific theories that explain the ultimate origins of psychological traits in terms of evolution
Universal Darwinism – An attempt to expand the application of Darwinian evolutionary theory to other fields

Evolutionary issues

Controversy about evolution

Creation–evolution controversy
- Outline of the creation–evolution controversy – An overview of and topical guide to the creation–evolution controversy
Criticism of evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary argument against naturalism – A philosophical argument asserting a problem with believing both evolution and philosophical naturalism simultaneously
Level of support for evolution – Variation in support for the theory of evolution
Objections to evolution – Arguments that have been made against evolution
Social effects of evolutionary theory – The effects on human societies of the scientific explanation of life's diversity
Theology of creationism and evolution – Topic in theology

Religious and philosophical views of evolution

Acceptance of evolution by religious groups – General review of religious attitudes towards evolution
Atheistic evolution
Conscious evolution – The hypothetical ability of the human species to choose what they will become
Buddhism and evolution – As no major principles of Buddhism contradict it, many Buddhists tacitly accept the theory of evolution
Catholic Church and evolution
Hindu views on evolution – Range of viewpoints about the origin of life, and evolution
Islamic views on evolution – Islamic views on evolution are diverse, ranging from theistic evolution to Old Earth creationism
- Ahmadiyya views on evolution – The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam universally accepts a process of divinely guided evolution
Jewish views on evolution – Jewish views on evolution includes a continuum of views about the theory of evolution
Mormon views on evolution – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints takes no official position on whether or not biological evolution has occurred
Theistic evolution – Views that regard religious teachings about God as compatible with modern scientific understanding about biological evolution

Influence of evolutionary theory

Social effects of evolutionary theory – The effects on human societies of the scientific explanation of life's diversity
See also Applications in other disciplines

Publications and organizations concerning evolution

Books

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis – book by Julian Huxley (grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley); one of the most important books of modern evolutionary synthesis, published in 1942
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection – Book by Ronald Aylmer Fisher – book by R.A. Fisher important in modern evolutionary synthesis, first published in 1930
Genetics and the Origin of Species – 1937 book by Ukrainian-American evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky
On the Origin of Species – 1859 book on evolutionary biology by Charles Darwin – seminal book by Charles Darwin concerning evolution by natural selection, first published in 1859
Systematics and the Origin of Species from the Viewpoint of a Zoologist – book by zoologist and evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr, canonical publication of modern evolutionary synthesis, first published in 1942 by Columbia University Press
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory – technical book on macroevolutionary theory by the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould
Evolutionary Biology

Journals

Evolution – Monthly journal in the science of evolutionary biology
Evolutionary Anthropology – Bimonthly review journal
Evolutionary Bioinformatics – A peer-reviewed open access scientific journal focusing on computational biology in the study of evolution
Evolutionary Psychology – Peer-reviewed open access academic journal
Journal of Evolutionary Biology – Bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research – A quarterly, peer reviewed, scientific journal
Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE) – A series of journals that publish review articles in a range of areas of biology and chemistry

Organizations

European Society for Evolutionary Biology – Organisation to support the study of organic evolution
Society for the Study of Evolution – A professional organization of evolutionary biologists
Evolutionary psychology research groups and centers
I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry – A research facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology – research institute based in Leipzig, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology – Research institute located in Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center – A scientific research center in Durham, North Carolina
Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeography Association
Evolutionary Informatics Lab

Evolution scholars and researchers

List of evolutionary psychologists – Wikipedia list article
List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Evolutionary biology)

Prominent evolutionary biologists

Charles Darwin – English naturalist and biologist
Theodosius Dobzhansky – Russian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist
Richard Dawkins – English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author
Stephen Jay Gould – American evolutionary biologist and historian of science
J. B. S. Haldane – Geneticist and evolutionary biologist
Julian Huxley – British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author
Thomas Henry Huxley – English biologist and comparative anatomist
Ronald Fisher – British statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, eugenicist and high school teacher
Ernst Mayr – German-American evolutionary biologist
Alfred Russel Wallace – British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
Sewall Wright – American geneticist

External links

General information

Evolution on In Our Time at the BBC
"Evolution". New Scientist. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Evolution Resources from the National Academies". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Understanding Evolution: your one-stop resource for information on Evolution". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
"Evolution of Evolution – 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"". National Science Foundation. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
Human Timeline (Interactive) – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).

Experiments concerning the process of biological evolution

Lenski RE. "Experimental Evolution – Michigan State University". Retrieved July 31, 2013.
Algorithms, games, and evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

Online lectures

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