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How Evolution Shapes Our Lives Essays on Biology and Society

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press 2016Description: 396pISBN:
  • 9780691170398
DDC classification:
  • N39 L898
Partial contents:
How evolution shapes our lives ........1 1. Biological Foundations What is evolution ...15 Human Evolution .......31 Human COoperation and conflict .......46 Human Behavioral Ecology ....61` Evolutionary psychology .....77 2. Evolution in Health and Disease Evolutional medicine ....93 aging and Menopause ......114 Evolution of parasite virulence ........134 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistence ..............147 Evolution and Microbial Forensics .............163 3. Reshaping our world Domestication and the evolution of Agriculture .........179 Directed evolution .......191 Evolution and Computing .....206 Evolution and Conservation ................220 Adaptation to a changing world ...........238 4. Evolution in the public Sphere Evolution and religion ....255 Creationism and intelligent design ........284 Evolution and the media ..........300 5. Nature and nurture Linguistic and the Evolution of Human Language ..........313 Cultural Evolution ................331 Evolution and notions of Human Race ................346 The future of Human Evolution ...........362
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includes index and biblioraphy

How evolution shapes our lives ........1 1. Biological Foundations What is evolution ...15 Human Evolution .......31 Human COoperation and conflict .......46 Human Behavioral Ecology ....61` Evolutionary psychology .....77 2. Evolution in Health and Disease Evolutional medicine ....93 aging and Menopause ......114 Evolution of parasite virulence ........134 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistence ..............147 Evolution and Microbial Forensics .............163 3. Reshaping our world Domestication and the evolution of Agriculture .........179 Directed evolution .......191 Evolution and Computing .....206 Evolution and Conservation ................220 Adaptation to a changing world ...........238 4. Evolution in the public Sphere Evolution and religion ....255 Creationism and intelligent design ........284 Evolution and the media ..........300 5. Nature and nurture Linguistic and the Evolution of Human Language ..........313 Cultural Evolution ................331 Evolution and notions of Human Race ................346 The future of Human Evolution ...........362

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