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Evolution: Reference

A guide to finding information about evolution.

Books in the Reference Collection

A handful of titles dealing specifically with human evolution are in the GN 281 call numbers (anthropology section):

  • The encyclopedia of evolution : humanity’s search for its origins - REF. GN281 .M53 1990
  • The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution - REF. GN281 .C345 1992
  • Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory - REF. GN281 .E53 2000

Reference books on biological evolution more generally can be found in the QH (biology) section:

  • Encyclopedia of life sciences - REF. QH302.5 .E53 2002
  • Encyclopedia of evolution - REF. QH360.2 .E54 2002
  • Evolution : the story of life - REF. QH360.2 .P35 2009
  • A dictionary of ecology, evolution, and systematics - REF. QH540.4 .L56 1998

Some of the general science encyclopedias in the Q call numbers may be helpful for an overview of evolution topics:

  • McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology - REF. Q121 .M3 2012
  • Gale encyclopedia of science - REF. Q121 .G37 2004

A couple of titles in the BL section may be useful for information about controversy between evolution and creationism:

  • Encyclopedia of politics and religion - REF. BL65.P7 E53 2007
  • Battleground religion - REF. BL60 .B315 2008

Online Reference Tools

Encyclopedia of Geobiology
An encyclopedia examining the cause-and-effect and connections between the geo- and the biospheres driving the evolution of life in modern and ancient environments.

Sample Reference Books