Outline of evolution


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution:
In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics 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, changes within lineages, and loss of species. "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.

Fundamentals about evolution

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Evolutionary theory and modelling

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Evolution of biodiversity

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Origin and evolutionary history of life

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Evolution of organisms

Evolution of tetrapods

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Evolutionary issues

Controversy about evolution

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Influence of evolutionary theory

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Publications and organizations concerning evolution

Books

Evolution: The Modern Synthesis – book by Julian Huxley ; one of the most important books of modern evolutionary synthesis, published in 1942The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection – book by R.A. Fisher important in modern evolutionary synthesis, first published in 1930Genetics and the Origin of Species – 1937 book by Ukrainian-American evolutionary biologist Theodosius DobzhanskyOn the Origin of Species – seminal book by Charles Darwin concerning evolution by natural selection, first published in 1859Systematics 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 PressThe Structure of Evolutionary Theory – technical book on macroevolutionary theory by the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould
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Evolution scholars and researchers

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Prominent evolutionary biologists

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