Evolution. Classical Ideas in the Light of New Discoveries

What is benefit? How does a random mutation turn outsiders into thriving winners? What is more important for evolution - war or cooperation? The book by Alexander Markov and Elena Naimark discusses the latest research from molecular geneticists and findings... from paleontologists that answer these and many other questions about changes in nature. Thousands of discoveries made since Darwin confirm the assumptions of the founders of the theory of evolution; new data do not undermine the foundations of evolutionary theory but rather strengthen them. Alexander Markov, head of the Department of Biological Evolution at the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, and Elena Naimark, leading researcher at the A. A. Borisyak Paleontological Institute, are well-known scientists and science popularizers. Their two-volume work “The Evolution of Man” from 2011, co-authored by them, has become a reference book not only for students and biologists but also for many people beyond the professional community.