View a FREE sample

Chapter 1

• The Red Queen starts with a discussion of nature. To understand evolution, we must first understand sexual reproduction.

• Many theories about evolution have come to light throughout history.

• Before Darwin, no one really understood the science of evolution.

• In the 1970s, Richard Dawkins argued persuasively that the organism/individual is merely a container for genes.
• Through sexual reproduction, we are "dealt" a hand of genes from our parents, who were dealt a different hand by their respective parents and so on, back to the beginning of time.

• Sexual reproduction calls for two different sexes - male and female.

• The history of evolution is the history of a never-ending arms race.

• Each organism competes with every other to pass down more genes for the next generation.
• Sexual selection is the selection of traits based on how appealing they are to potential mates.

• Determining the parts of human nature...

(read more Chapter Abstracts)

This section contains 1,580 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample