Acknowledgements 1
Dedication 1
Part 1 Battle Joined 1
Chapter 1:A Clash of Perspectives 3
PartⅡDawkins World 19
Chapter 2: Genes and Gene Lineages 21
Chapter 3:Gene Selection in a World of Organisms 32
Chapter4:Extended Phenotypes and Outlaws 42
Chapter5:Selfishness and Selection 56
Chapter6:Selection and Adaptation 72
Part Ⅲ:The view from Harvard 85
Chapter 7:Local Process,Global Change? 87
Chapter 8:Punctuated Equilibrium 100
Chapter 9:Mass Extinction 109
Chapter10:Life in the Cambrian 120
Chapter 11:The Evolutionary Escalator 146
Part Ⅳ:The State of Play 159
Chapter 12:A Candle in the Dark? 161
Chapter 13:Stumps Summary 172
Suggested Reading 186
Glossary 199
Appendix:Geological Time Scale 205