40億年の進化を６分で説明

There are many college textbooks on evolution. This one by Doug Futuyma is my favorite, and the one I structure my classes on. For an academic, well-argued, and clearly presented view of the topic, one needs to look no further.

This insightful book goes through a number of topics related to teaching evolution in the US and provides insights into how some teachers in the South deal with these issues. I wrote a chapter in this book called “Teaching Louisiana Students About Evolution by Comparing the Anatomy of Fishes and Humans," which is largely the inspiration for this TED Talk.

Neil Shubin, one of the most accomplished and multi-talented evolutionary biologists alive (from human anatomy and fish paleontology to genomics and science communication), wrote an easy-to-read book explaining human anatomy as a product of our fishy origins — which has now been turned into an even better PBS series