The 10,000 Year Explosion:

The cover to the book.

Teosinte and modern field corn - the family portrait.

Limone sul Garda, Italy.  Home of healthy mutants. Pretty place, too.

closeup of Limone sul Garda.

Lions from Chauvet Cave.

Chihuahua and Great Dane; 15,000 years ago, they looked the same? Crazy!