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Acknowledgments vii
List of Illustrations xi
Preface: "That Grand Subject" Biogeography as the fountainhead of scientific discovery and the unifying theory of life and Earth xv
1 Galápagan Epiphany 1
How the distributions of plants and animals led Darwin to the theory of evolution
2 The Mesosaurus Problem 20
How fossil locations helped revolutionize our view of Earth history
3 Pygmy Mammoths and Mysterious Islands 40
Why the geography of certain island groups, like Hawaii, Galápagos, and the Channel Islands, has turned them into a cauldron of evolutionary catalysts
4 The Volcanic Ring That Changed the World 70
How evolution and plate tectonics have operated in concert to govern the major biotic patterns and produce the Earth's most fascinating creatures in the most exotic locales
5 The Bloody Fall of South America and the Last of the Triassic Beak-Headed Reptiles 94
South America, Australia, and New Zealand as sanctuaries for "living fossils"
6 Enchanted Waters 118
Biogeography among the life aquatic
7 The Battle Over Eden 145
The controversy over the biogeographical history of the human race
8 The Grand Coalescence of Life and Earth 181
The past, present, and future of biogeography
Endnotes 195
Bibliography 205
Index 207
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