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Preface: A Mixture of Spirit and Deed
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Introduction: Humboldt's Gifts
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Part 1
The Making of a Theory
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Reverend Darwin's Detour
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Drawing a Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos
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Life Imitates Life
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Part 2
The Loveliest Bones
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Java Man
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To the Big Bang, on Horseback
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Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs
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The Day the Mesozoic Died
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Dinosaurs of a Feather
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It's a Fishapod!
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Part 3
The Natural History of Humans
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Journey to the Stone Age
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Clocks, Trees, and H-Bombs
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CSI: Neander Valley
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Afterword: The Shape of Things to Come
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Acknowledgments
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Sources and Further Reading
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Index
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