Simon Conway Morris Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK; 2003. 464 pp. £18.95, hardback. ISBN 0-521-82704-3. In what must be one of the most controversial volumes written about evolution in ...

I can’t help finding the Irish elk wonderfully ridiculous. The reaction probably has something to do with the fact that we are all familiar today with deer, moose and other animals that look for the ...

This book is an introduction to the principles of ‘evo-devo’ — evolutionary developmental biology. It is written with exemplary clarity and charm, and is clearly intended for the general reader or ...