Table of Contents for The Language of Genes

Preface: A Malacologist's Apology 9
Introduction: The Fingerprints of History 13
1 A Message from Our Ancestors 29
2 The Rules of the Game 43
3 Herodotus Revised 55
4 Change or Decay 71
5 The Battle of the Sexes 84
6 Clocks, Fossils and Apes 100
7 Time and Chance 114
8 The Economics of Eden 128
9 The Kingdoms of Cain 142
10 Darwin's Strategist 156
11 The Deadly Fevers 169
12 Caliban's Revenge 182
13 Cousins Under the Skin 197
14 Evolution Engineered 211
15 Fear of Frankenstein 224
16 The Evolution of Utopia 237
Selected Bibliography 251
Index 263