How evolution shapes our lives : essays on biology and society / Jonathan B. Losos, Richard E. Lenski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Losos, Jonathan B.

Contributor:

Lenski, Richard E., editor.

Losos, Jonathan B., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution.

Human population genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

It is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in "nature," or that is so slow that its ongoing impact is virtually nonexistent when viewed from the perspective of a single human lifetime. But we now know that when natural selection is strong, evolutionary change can be very rapid. In this book, some of the world's leading scientists explore the implications of this reality for human life and society. With some twenty-three essays, this volume provides authoritative yet accessible explorations of why understanding evolution is crucial to human life-from dealing with climate change and ensuring our food supply, health, and economic survival to developing a richer and more accurate comprehension of society, culture, and even what it means to be human itself. Combining new essays with essays revised and updated from the acclaimed Princeton Guide to Evolution, this collection addresses the role of evolution in aging, cognition, cooperation, religion, the media, engineering, computer science, and many other areas. The result is a compelling and important book about how evolution matters to humans today.The contributors are Dan I. Andersson, Francisco J. Ayala, Amy Cavanaugh, Cameron R. Currie, Dieter Ebert, Andrew D. Ellington, Elizabeth Hannon, John Hawks, Paul Keim, Richard E. Lenski, Tim Lewens, Jonathan B. Losos, Virpi Lummaa, Jacob A. Moorad, Craig Moritz, Martha M. Muñoz, Mark Pagel, Talima Pearson, Robert T. Pennock, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Erik M. Quandt, David C. Queller, Robert C. Richardson, Eugenie C. Scott, H. Bradley Shaffer, Joan E. Strassmann, Alan R. Templeton, Paul E. Turner, and Carl Zimmer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1. How Evolution Shapes Our Lives / Lenski, Richard E.

Part I. Biological Foundations

Chapter 2. What Is Evolution? / Losos, Jonathan B.

Chapter 3. Human Evolution / Hawks, John

Chapter 4. Human Cooperation and Conflict / Strassmann, Joan E. / Queller, David C.

Chapter 5. Human Behavioral Ecology / Lummaa, Virpi

Chapter 6. Evolutionary Psychology / Richardson, Robert C.

Part II. Evolution in Health and Disease

Chapter 7. Evolutionary Medicine / Turner, Paul E.

Chapter 8. Aging and Menopause / Moorad, Jacob A. / Promislow, Daniel E. L.

Chapter 9. Evolution of Parasite Virulence / Ebert, Dieter

Chapter 10. Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance / Andersson, Dan I.

Chapter 11. Evolution and Microbial Forensics / Keim, Paul / Pearson, Talima

Part III. Reshaping Our World

Chapter 12. Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture / Cavanaugh, Amy / Currie, Cameron R.

Chapter 13. Directed Evolution / Quandt, Erik M. / Ellington, Andrew D.

Chapter 14. Evolution and Computing / Pennock, Robert T.

Chapter 15. Evolution and Conservation / Shaffer, H. Bradley

Chapter 16. Adaptation to a Changing World: Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change / Muñoz, Martha M. / Moritz, Craig

Part IV. Evolution in the Public Sphere

Chapter 17. Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue / Ayala, Francisco J.

Chapter 18. Creationism and Intelligent Design / Scott, Eugenie C.

Chapter 19. Evolution and the Media / Zimmer, Carl

Part V. Nature and Nurture

Chapter 20. Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language / Pagel, Mark

Chapter 21. Cultural Evolution / Hannon, Elizabeth / Lewens, Tim

Chapter 22. Evolution and Notions of Human Race / Templeton, Alan R.

Chapter 23. The Future of Human Evolution / Templeton, Alan R.

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-8138-2

OCLC:

956646270