Preface: A Mixture of Spirit and Deed. Introduction: Humboldt's Gifts. Part One - The Making of a Theory: Reverend Darwin's Detour; Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos; Life Imitates Life. Part Two - The Loveliest Bones: Java Man; To the Big Bang, on Horseback; Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs; The Day the Mesozoic Died; Dinosaurs of a Feather; It's a Fishapod! Part Three - The Natural History of Humans: Journey to the Stone Age; Clocks, Trees, and H-Bombs; CSI Neander Valley. Afterword: The Shape of Things to Come. Acknowledgments. Sources and Further Reading. Index.

Remarkable Creatures tells the stories of the most dramatic and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - starting with Darwin\'s pioneering studies, to Alexander von Humboldt\'s epic journeys in South America and right up to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today. The book explains how each development has contributed to the evolution revolution.