Mankind Evolving
Author | : Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2003-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758100191 |
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Author | : Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2003-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758100191 |
Author | : National Academy of Sciences |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.
Author | : Ethne Barnes |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Epidemiology |
ISBN | : 9780826330666 |
Barnes, a paleopathologist, offers general overviews of specific diseases (West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cholera, etc.) and their carriers.
Author | : Scott Solomon |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0300208715 |
"Evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon draws on the explosion of discoveries in recent years to examine the future evolution of our species. Combining knowledge of our past with current trends, Solomon offers convincing evidence that evolutionary forces still affect us today. But how will modernization--including longer lifespans, changing diets, global travel, and widespread use of medicine and contraceptives--affect our evolutionary future?" --publisher description.
Author | : Michael Ruse |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521117933 |
Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.
Author | : Hermann Klaatsch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Daniel J. Fairbanks |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 161614565X |
In this persuasive, elegantly written book, research geneticist, Fairbanks explains in detail how health, food production, and the environment impact our knowledge of evolution.
Author | : Scientific American Editors |
Publisher | : Scientific American |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1250121507 |
The complex story of human evolution is a tale seven million years in the making. Each new discovery adds to or revises our story and our understanding of how we came to be the way we are. In this eBook, The Human Odyssey, we explore the evolution of those characteristics that make us human. The first section, “Where We Came From,” looks at our family tree and why some branches survived and not others. Swings in climate are emerging as a factor in what traits succeeded and failed, as we see in “Climate Shocks;” meanwhile in “Human Hybrids,” DNA analyses show that Homo sapiens interbred with other human species, which played a key role in our survival. Section Two, “What Makes Us Special,” examines those traits that separate us from other primates. Recent data indicate that our hairless skin was important to the rise of other human features, and other research is getting closer to illuminating how humans became monogamous, as shown in “The Naked Truth” and “Powers of Two,” respectively. In the final section, “Where We Are Going,” we speculate on the future of human evolution in a world where advances in technology, medicine and other areas protect us from harmful factors like disease, causing some scientists to claim that humans are no longer subject to natural selection and our evolution has ceased. Far from that, in “Still Evolving,” author John Hawks discusses how humans have evolved rapidly over the past 30,000 years, as seen in relatively recent traits like blue eyes or lactose tolerance, why such rapid evolution has been possible and what future generations might look like. Like us, our story will continue to evolve.