- Random Mutations and Evolutionary Change: Ronald Fisher, JBS Haldane, & Sewall Wright
- Starting “The Modern Synthesis”: Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Speciation: Ernst Mayr
- DNA, the Language of Evolution: Francis Crick & James Watson
- Radiometric Dating: Clair Patterson
- Endosymbiosis: Lynn Margulis
- Evolution and Development for the 21st Century: Stephen Jay Gould
- Genetic Similarities: Wilson, Sarich, Sibley, & Ahlquist