pt. 1. Introduction to Darwinian biology -- Darwin, ecology, and evolution -- Evolutionary trees in the ecological garden -- pt. 2. Machinery of evolution -- The genetic engine -- Natural selection -- Molecular evolution -- Speciation and extinction -- pt. 3. The Darwinian organism -- Life-history of the organism -- Physical ecology of the organism -- Physiological ecology: how organisms work -- Balancing birth and death -- Dispersal -- pt. 4. Ecology of interacting species -- Competition -- Predation -- Parasitism and mutualism -- Communities & ecosystems -- The biosphere and the physical environment -- Conservation -- pt. 5. Darwinian biology in everyday life -- Evolution and ecology of sex -- Mating strategies -- Social evolution -- Human evolution and human behavior -- Darwinian medicine