Discussion Questions:

Things to think about while reading:

• Why should we care about evolution? Why is it important?
• What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book?
• In what way do scientific explanations differ from other ways of knowing? What makes evolutionary biology a science?
• What insights do we gain when we integrate molecular and fossil data?
• Can we look to examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is "normal" or ethical human behavior?