The hypothetical species : variables of human evolution / Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobias, Michael, author.

Morrison, Jane, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

x, 318 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

This book is provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world's leading interdisciplinary ecologists - Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on the geo-positioning of the human Self and its corresponding species. The book's overarching viewpoints and poignant through-story examine and powerfully challenge concepts associated historically with assertions of human superiority over all other life forms. Ultimately, The hypothetical species: variables of human evolution is a deeply considered treatise on the ecological and psychological state of humanity and her options - both within, and outside the rubrics of evolutionary research - for survival. This important work is beautifully presented with nearly 200 diverse illustrations, and is introduced with a foreword by famed paleobiologist, Dr. Melanie DeVore.

Contents:

Introduction

Between the theoretical and the hypothetical

Taxonomic uncertainties

A biosphere in flux

"...As far as the microscope reveals..."

Human contradictions

The varieties of social contracts

Biological consensus mechanisms: the future of coexistence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

3030113183

9783030113186

OCLC:

1078552829