Hi Jane,
Some years ago I ran into the same problem when I taught a
"Foundations of Evolution" graduate-level course. I ended up choosing
my own collection of papers and it worked pretty well - I can send you
my list if you want. You should also have a look at Ridley's Oxford
Reader on evolution, but it is heavily annotated like the one you
describe. Be aware that some of the "classic" papers by Fisher,
Haldane, Wright, Kimura, and others are pretty math-heavy and
incomprehensible for many students. Depending on the level of students,
a text that provides excerpts from classic papers and interpretations
might be just the thing you are looking for.
Mitch Cruzan
On 8/27/2013 9:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote:
Recently, while looking for some readings to use with students, I tried
locating a book similar to "Foundations of Ecology" for evolution. To my
surprise, the only things I was able to find were Appleman's Norton
Critical Edition of Darwin, which is excellent but omits much of scientific
importance, and Wetherington's "Readings in the History of Evolutionary
Theory", which is also very good but uses highly abridged selections and a
much stronger editorial voice than the Foundations series. Have I missed
something? If not, maybe someone will be moved to produce such a book!
