Evolution from the Galapagos

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Historical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Darwin–Wallace Paradigm Shift

      • Ricardo Guerrero, Lynn Margulis†

      Pages 3-9

   3. From Copernicus to Darwin (1473–1882)

      • Carlos Montúfar

      Pages 11-14

3. A Microbial World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. How Did Life Originate?

      • Antonio Lazcano

      Pages 17-32

   3. A Vestige of an RNA Apparatus With Ribozyme Capabilities Embedded and Functions Within the Modern Ribosome

      • Ada Yonath

      Pages 33-40

   4. Covering All the Bases: The Promise of Genome-Wide Sequence Data for Large Population Samples of Bacteria

      • Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Edward J. Feil

      Pages 41-62

   5. Role of Symbiosis in Evolution

      • Amparo Latorre, Andrés Moya

      Pages 63-70

4. Early Eukaryotes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. The Evolutionary Origin of Animals and Fungi

      • Sandra Baldauf, Maria Romeralo, Martin Carr

      Pages 73-106

   3. Written in Stone: The Fossil Record of Early Eukaryotes

      • Shuhai Xiao

      Pages 107-124

   4. Endosymbiosis and the Origin of Eukaryotes

      • Michael F. Dolan

      Pages 125-128

5. A Planet of Animals and Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Epochal Change: Sweltering Climate at the Paleocene–Eocene Boundary (55 Million Years Ago)

      • Bruce Scofield

      Pages 131-137

   3. Insight into Speciation From Long-term Research on Darwin’s Finches

      • Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant

      Pages 139-142

   4. Ecological Selection and the Evolution of Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Galapagos Flightless Cormorant

      • Carlos A. Valle

      Pages 143-158

6. Back Matter

   Pages 159-168

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This volume is a collection of the some of the most significant lectures that well-known experts presented at our two international “summits on evolution” (2005, 2009) as updated and revised chapters. The meetings took place on one of the large islands of the Galapagos archipelago (San Cristobal) at GAIAS (Galapagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences) of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador.​ The main goal of the two Galapagos Summits on Evolution has been to bring together scientists and graduate students engaged in the study of evolution, from life’s origin to its current diversity. Because of their historical significance, the Galapagos are a unique venue for promoting comprehensive research on evolution and ecology and to make the research results available to students and teachers everywhere, but especially from developing countries. As shown by the enthusiastic attendance at both summits and the many suggestions to keep them continuing, the meetings have opened new opportunities for students from Ecuador and other Latin American countries to be inspired by some of the most brilliant minds in evolutionary science. 

• Conservation
• Evolution
• Galapagos Islands
• Symbiosis

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

  Gabriel Trueba, Carlos Montúfar

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