Preface

1.  Evolution vs. the Biotic Message

2.  Naturalism vs. Science

3.  The Origin of Life

4.  Survival of the Fittest

5.  Inventive Natural Selection

6.  Darwinian Scenarios

7.  Population Genetics

8.  Haldane's Dilemma

9.  The Neutral Theory of Evolution

10. Gradual Intergradations and Phylogeny

11. Modern Systematic Methods

12. Evolutionary Illusions

13. The Fossil Record

14. Punctuated Equilibria

15. Hierarchy Theory

16. Nested Hierarchy and Convergence

17. Embryology

18. Vestigial Organs

19. Molecular Evolution

20. Illusions of Fossil Sequence

21. Fossil Sequence and Message Theory

22. Biogeography

23. Cosmological Issues

24. Discontinuity Systematics

25. Systematics and the Origins Debate

26. Conclusions

Appendix to Survival of the Fittest

Appendix to Population Genetics

Appendix to Haldane's Dilemma

Appendix to Discontinuity Systematics

References

Index