First 15 minutes
Start with the short introduction, then read the first concept page on allele-frequency change. That page introduces the population-level view the rest of the Notebook depends on.
Start Here
If you are new to evolution
What you should understand afterward
You should be able to say that evolution is tracked in populations, not individuals, and that different mechanisms can change the same population pattern in different ways.
Notebook Sections
A cleaner public model
Overview
Start here for scope, orientation, and the difference between the Notebook as a learner surface and the underlying tool stack.
Core Concepts
Read the scaffold-backed first-ring concept pages on population change, mechanism comparison, lineage splitting, and shared ancestry.
Learning Paths
See the recommended instructional order first as a reader-oriented path, and then as the paired machine-readable artifacts.
Source Trails
See what is already grounded in reviewed references, what remains pending, and where bibliography artifacts live.
Historical Overviews
Use longer-form interpretive pieces when a concept page is too narrow for the question at hand.
Machine-Readable Artifacts
The JSON artifacts are still published, but they now sit behind reader-facing section pages rather than acting as the front door.
Current Focus
The current first ring
The strongest public-facing part of the Notebook right now is the first ring of core evolution concepts.
Current path
The current recommended sequence starts with population-level change, adds null-model and mechanism comparison, and then moves into lineage splitting and shared ancestry.
Current cluster
The core concept set now includes Allele Frequency Change, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Genetic Drift, Natural Selection, Mutation, Adaptation, Speciation, and Common Descent.
Notebook Introduction
What evolution is, what it is not, and how the Notebook is supposed to help the learner stay oriented.
Quick Entry
Common ways to enter the Notebook
I want a guided sequence
Start from the beginner route or the current first-ring learning path, then move into the concept pages in the recommended order.
I want one concept explained
Start from the concept index and choose the question you are actually trying to answer.