Far from being an "old-fashioned scientific notion," evolution remains a fascinating and highly relevant scientific subject. Each decade brings its share of discoveries: new species (such as the coelacanth), theoretical revolutions (neutralism), spectacular fossils (a winged dinosaur!), controversies (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire vs. Cuvier), and groundbreaking interpretations (the shape of the continents). Its manifestations vary in form and time: from millions of years of coexistence between human species to the incredibly rapid evolution of a virus during a pandemic...