excretion
extinction: of dinosaurs; of human species; oxygen-induced; of prehumans; of species
extraterrestrial life
eye formation and development
Far East
fats
ferns
fertilization; inside the female body; in vitro (IVF). See also egg(s): fertilized
fertilizers
fetus
finalism
fish
fixity of species
flagella
foodstuffs; competition for; metabolism and; organic; planting of crops
fossil fuels
fossils/fossil record; creationism and; lack of; of Neanderthals; Peking man; of prehumans; preservation of; Taung child; “Toumaï” skeletal remains
France
frogs and toads
fruit flies
fruits
fungi; evolution of; multicellular; reproduction; sexual reproduction in; synthesis by
Gaia hypothesis
Galápagos Islands
Galileo
Galton, Sir Francis
gametes
gangrene
Garrod, Sir Archibald
genes; adaptive; brain size and; defects; drifting of; duplication of; elimination of, through natural selection; expression of; eyeless; faults imprinted in; function of; genetic continuity; homeobox of; homeotic; innovation in; insertion technology; interchange; length; manipulation of; master genes; modification of; monogenism; mutations in; number of individuals involved in hominization; phylogenetic history of; polygenism; replication; risk of disease and; sequencing of; single common ancestor; traits governed by; traits imbedded in; traits imprinted in; traits in; transcription; transcription of; tumor-generating; versions of. See also mutations
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
genetic code
genetic determinism
genetic drift
genetic engineering
genome; of cells; chimpanzee; of Cro-Magnons; diversity of life in; evolution and; human; mitochondrial; mutations affecting; of Neanderthals; RNA
genome(s); bases; errors in; of extant organisms; sequencing of
geochemistry
Germany
germination
germ plasm
giraffe
globalization
global warming
glycolytic chains
God/deities
Goodall, Jane
Gould, Stephen Jay
Great Rift Valley; “East Side Story” scenario
greenhouse effect
Green parties
GTP (guanosine triphosphate)
guinea-pigs
Gurdon, John
Haeckel, Ernst
heliocentrism
herbicides
heredity; of acquired characters; artificial selection and; diversity of life and; DNA and; imperfections of; natural selection and; non-Darwinian forms of; role of DNA in; transmission
heterotrophes
histones
history of humanity
history of life; environmental conditions and; molecular sequences of
history of science
history of the earth
homeogenes
hominization/hominids; brain size; environmental challenges to; extinction of; fossils of; language skills and; migrations of; within natural selection; number of individuals involved in; Stone Age
Homo erectus
Homo ergaster
Homo floresiensis
Homo habilus
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens sapiens
homosexuality
hormones
Hubble, Edwin
human soul
human species; child development; communication skills; developmental changes in; ethnic groups; genetically modified; genetic flaw in; genome; kinds of cells in; language acquired by; multicellular nature of; origin of; possible extinction of; prehistory; salvation of; survival of; synthesis by; tool-making skills. See also early human beings; hominization/hominids; prehumans
hybrids
hydrogen
India
Indonesia
Industrial Revolution
insecticides
insects
instant divine creation
intelligence; testing
intelligent design; evolution and
invertebrates
Islam
Israel
Jacob, François
Janzen, Daniel
Java Pithecanthropus
jellyfish
Johanson, Donald
John Paul II (pope)
Judaism
Kammerer, Paul
kangaroos
Kimura, Motoo
kinship
koalas
Koestler, Arthur
Krebs cycle
lactose
Laetoli, Africa
Lamarck, chevalier de
larynx
Lascaux caves, France
Leakey, Louis
Leakey, Mary
Leopold, Aldo
Life Evolving (de Duve)
lignin
Linné, Carl von
logistic curve
Lovelock, James
LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)
Lucy
Lyssenko, Trofim
mad cow disease
Malthus, Thomas Robert
mammals; cloning of; early; male aggression in
mammary glands
Marsh, George Perkins
marsupials
Mead, Margaret
melanism
Mendel, Gregor
metabolism; ATP and; catalysts for; cell; chemical circuits for; defined; enzymes and; errors of; history of; mechanisms of; metabolic pathways; metabolic pool; mitochondria and; modular combination; reactions; RNA and; vitamins and; waste products of
metabolites
meteorites
methane
methanogens
methyl
microbes; cancer-causing
micro-evolution
microorganisms
Middle East
mimicry
mitochondria; energy production in
mitochondrial Eve
mitosis
molds
molecules: ancient; as building blocks of life; in cells; coenzymes; genetic information stored in; molecular phylogenies; protein; replication of; role in origin of life; sequencing of; short chains of; transcription factors in. See also DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); RNA (ribonucleic acid)
mollusks
Monet, Jean-Baptiste de
monkeys
Monod, Jacques
monotremes
Montagu, Marc van
morphogenesis
morula
mosquitoes
mosses
motility
motor systems
mouth
Muir, John
multimers
muscles
mushrooms
Muslim world
mutations; affecting the genome; chance and; disease and; favorable; genetic; neutral; optimal outcome for; point
NAD coenzyme
NADP coenzyme
national parks
natural selection; biological evolution and; biology and; bipedalism and; brain size and; defined; destructive consequences of; environment and; evolution and; gene elimination and; genes and; genetic mutations and; genetic traits and; group traits and; heredity and; hominization and; human ability to act against; human desire to procreate and; human need to believe and; human traits and; long-term consequences; male dominance and; neurons and; optimization of; proteins and; rewiring the brain and; role of chance in; self-organization and; short-term consequences; struggle for life and; through evolution. See also artificial sel
ection; strategies for overcoming natural selection
Nazi regime
Neanderthals
Near East
neoteny
nervous system
neurobiology
neurons; brain size and; connections among; cortical; division of
nitrates
nitrogen
NTP
nuclear holocaust
nuclear power
nuclear transfer
nutrients in plants
On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection (Darwin)
organelles; cytoplasmic; eukaryotic
organisms; anaerobic; autotrophic; basic properties of; classification of; complexity of; evolution of; genetically modified organisms (GMOs); heterotrophic; multicellular; putrefying dead; segmented; single common ancestor; unicellular
original sin
original single common ancestor: genetic faults and
origin of life; biochemistry and; chemical nature of; cosmic interaction; first stage; molecular building blocks; natural vs. supernatural; occurrence of selection; research; RNA and; time frame for; in volcanic waters
oxygen; atmospheric; derived from water; obtained by breathing; prokaryotic; role in digestion
paleontology
Paley, William
paramecia
Paranthropu boisei
Paranthropus
Pasteur, Louis
pathogens
penicillin
peptides
pesticides
phagocytic function
phagocytosis
pharynx
phosphate. See DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); RNA (ribonucleic acid)
phosphorus
photosynthesis
phylogenetics, molecular
pigs
placenta
plant(s); cancer in; cloning of; diversity of; domesticated; energy derived from sunlight; evolution of; female gametes; fertilization; flowering; fossils; gene insertion technology and; genetically modified; genetic manipulation of; green; land-adapted; migration from water to land; multicellular; reproduction in; spores
poisons
Poland
pollen
pollution
polyps
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
population control strategies; abortion and pregnancy interruption; abstinence from sexual intercourse; birth control and contraception; birthrate reduction; culling; limit on number of births; sterilization
population expansion
prehominids
prehumans; bipedalism of; brain size; common ancestral population; competition for resources; hunting skills; migration out of Africa; tool-making skills; use of fire. See also early human beings
primates; evolution of the brain; separation from chimpanzees
prokaryotes
protein(s); allergy-causing; catalysts; combined with DNA; enzymes; history of; molecules; natural selection and; origin of life and; structure of; synthesis (translation) of; as transcription factors
Protestantism
protists
protocells
protometabolism
pygmies
radiation
radioactive isotopes
radioisotopic dating
rational thought
Raven, Peter
religions: afterlife proposed by; belief as foundation of; Bible-based; as defenders of the truth; Eastern; environmentalism and; ethics and; influences of; myths created by; opposition to evolution; rejection of; religious ceremonies; role in education; role in the fight to save the planet; science and; theistic; valuable activities of; wars and
religious fundamentalism
religious intolerance
Remaking Eden (Silver)
reproduction; alternating generations; biological; cloning and; crossing techniques; defined; on land; molecular replication and; mother cells; in multicellular beings; in plants; sexual; sexual, in plants and animals
reptiles
resources; competition for; exploitation of
respiration
reverse transcription
ribose
ribozymes
RNA (ribonucleic acid); as catalyst; genome; messenger; molecules; origin of; as origin of life; precursors of; proteins and; role in origin of life; structure; synthesis (translation) of; transcription; transfer to DNA; world
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Russia
Sahelanthropus
salvation and redemption
Sanger, Margaret
Schell, Jozef
Schönborn (Austrian cardinal)
seals
sea urchins
seaweeds
seeds
segmentation
selective breeding
sequence space
sexual dimorphism
shape transmission
Silver, Lee
Sinanthropus
single common ancestor
Singularities (de Duve)
skull shape
snails
specialization
Spemann, Hans
sponges
spores
starfish
strategies for overcoming natural selection; do nothing option; genetic improvements option; population control option; protection of the environment option; religions involved in; rewiring the brain option; women’s role in
stress
struggle for life
sunlight as source of energy
superhuman species
supernatural intervention
synapses
Tanzania
Tay-Sachs disease
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
teleology
teleonomy
Thoreau, Henry David
thyroid
toads
tool-making
transcription control
trees
Turkey
ultraviolet radiation
umbilical cord
United States
UTP (uridine triphosphate)
vertebrates
viruses
vitalism
vitamin D
vitamins
Waddington, Conrad
Wallace, Alfred Russel
“war on terror”
wars and conflicts; perpetrated by men
waste, nuclear
Watson, James D.
weapons
Weismann, August
whales
Wilkins, Maurice
Wilmut, Ian
Wilson, E. O.
worms
Y Adam
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