Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Prologue. Bushes and Lizards xi
4. 1. A Sphinx in Arcady 1
5. 2. The Country of Dried Skin 6
6. 3. A Cactus Heresy 11
7. 4. The Creator’s Dumping Ground 16
8. 5. An Evolutionary Backwater 21
9. 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians 26
10. 7. Descriptive Confusion 34
11. 8. A Murderous Brood 40
12. 9. Hopeful Monsters 50
13. 10. An Old Earth-Feature 55
14. 11. A Climatic Accident 61
15. 12. An Evolutionary Frontier 69
16. 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos 75
17. 14. Mexican Geneses 81
18. 15. Desert Relicts 87
19. 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes 95
20. 17. A Friendly Land 100
21. 18. Furry Paleontologists 109
22. 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs 117
23. 20. Axelrod Antagonistes 122
24. 21. The Midday Sun 129
25. 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities 139
26. 23. Xerothermic Invasions 146
27. 24. Sand Swimmers 151
28. 25. Axelrod Ascendant 156
29. 26. An Evolutionary Museum 160
30. 27. The Riddle of the Palms 165
31. 28. Bushes and Camels 173
32. 29. Axelrod Askew 180
33. 30. Paradigms Postponed 187
34. 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes 194
35. Epilogue. The Sphinx’s Lair 203
36. Notes 211
37. Selected Bibliography 229
38. Index 241