Summarizing progress and the current state of knowledge in major areas of research in evolutionary biology since Darwin for researchers and students, Bell et al. (ecology and evolution, State U. of New York, Stony Brook) assemble 22 chapters and eight short commentaries from a symposium, "Darwin 2009," held in November 2009 at Stony Brook U., where contributors working in evolutionary biology and the history and philosophy of science in the US, UK, Mexico, and Australia addressed areas of evolutionary biology and related research topics. The chapters cover the history of evolutionary biology, populations, genes and genomes, evolution of form, human cultural and biological evolution, adaptation and speciation, diversification and phylogeny, paleobiology, and applied evolution. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)