Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom - Softcover

Combines clear writing with a deep knowledge.

One of the essential books of our times...[explains] for a general audience how the shapes of organisms are produced by genes.--Peter Forbes

[Carroll] reveals a remarkable series of insights into how evolution has shaped--and continues to shape--the wondrous assortment of creatures that share this planet with us. He emerges as the new, user-friendly public face of evolutionary science.--Thomas Hayden

Carroll is a gifted writer...In light of this new understanding (Evo Devo), the objections to evolutionary theory based on transitional gaps and irreducible complexity become more obtuse than ever.

An introduction to evolutionary developmental biology demonstrates how the many forms of animals evolved and came into being, documenting how the Evo Devo branch of science proved that all animal organs and appendages, from arms and legs to wings and fins, were created from a small number of primitive genes. Reprint.