How Evolution Shapes Our Lives
Essays on Biology and Society
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2016
416 pages
978-1-4008-8138-3 (ISBN)
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English
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Princeton
United States
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De Gruyter
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Professional and scholarly
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15 line illus. 10 tables.
15 line illus. 10 tables.
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978-1-4008-8138-3 (9781400881383)
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Jonathan B. Losos is the Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America and Curator of Herpetology at Harvard University. Richard E. Lenski is the John Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University.
Content
Preface vii
Contributors ix
Chapter 1 How Evolution Shapes Our Lives 1
Richard E. Lenski
PART I BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 2 What Is Evolution? 15
Jonathan B. Losos
Chapter 3 Human Evolution 31
John Hawks
Chapter 4 Human Cooperation and Conflict 46
Joan E. Strassmann and David C. Queller
Chapter 5 Human Behavioral Ecology 61
Virpi Lummaa
Chapter 6 Evolutionary Psychology 77
Robert C. Richardson
PART II EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Chapter 7 Evolutionary Medicine 93
Paul E. Turner
Chapter 8 Aging and Menopause 114
Jacob A. Moorad and Daniel E. L. Promislow
Chapter 9 Evolution of Parasite Virulence 134
Dieter Ebert
Chapter 10 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance 147
Dan I. Andersson
Chapter 11 Evolution and Microbial Forensics 163
Paul Keim and Talima Pearson
PART III RESHAPING OUR WORLD
Chapter 12 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture 179
Amy Cavanaugh and Cameron R. Currie
Chapter 13 Directed Evolution 191
Erik M. Quandt and Andrew D. Ellington
Chapter 14 Evolution and Computing 206
Robert T. Pennock
Chapter 15 Evolution and Conservation 220
H. Bradley Shaffer
Chapter 16 Adaptation to a Changing World:
Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change 238
Martha M. Muñoz and Craig Moritz
PART I V EVOLUTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Chapter 17 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue 255
Francisco J. Ayala
Chapter 18 Creationism and Intelligent Design 284
Eugenie C. Scott
Chapter 19 Evolution and the Media 300
Carl Zimmer
PART V NATURE AND NURTURE
Chapter 20 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language 313
Mark Pagel
Chapter 21 Cultural Evolution 331
Elizabeth Hannon and Tim Lewens
Chapter 22 Evolution and Notions of Human Race 346
Alan R. Templeton
Chapter 23 The Future of Human Evolution 362
Alan R. Templeton
Index 381
Contributors ix
Chapter 1 How Evolution Shapes Our Lives 1
Richard E. Lenski
PART I BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 2 What Is Evolution? 15
Jonathan B. Losos
Chapter 3 Human Evolution 31
John Hawks
Chapter 4 Human Cooperation and Conflict 46
Joan E. Strassmann and David C. Queller
Chapter 5 Human Behavioral Ecology 61
Virpi Lummaa
Chapter 6 Evolutionary Psychology 77
Robert C. Richardson
PART II EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Chapter 7 Evolutionary Medicine 93
Paul E. Turner
Chapter 8 Aging and Menopause 114
Jacob A. Moorad and Daniel E. L. Promislow
Chapter 9 Evolution of Parasite Virulence 134
Dieter Ebert
Chapter 10 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance 147
Dan I. Andersson
Chapter 11 Evolution and Microbial Forensics 163
Paul Keim and Talima Pearson
PART III RESHAPING OUR WORLD
Chapter 12 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture 179
Amy Cavanaugh and Cameron R. Currie
Chapter 13 Directed Evolution 191
Erik M. Quandt and Andrew D. Ellington
Chapter 14 Evolution and Computing 206
Robert T. Pennock
Chapter 15 Evolution and Conservation 220
H. Bradley Shaffer
Chapter 16 Adaptation to a Changing World:
Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change 238
Martha M. Muñoz and Craig Moritz
PART I V EVOLUTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Chapter 17 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue 255
Francisco J. Ayala
Chapter 18 Creationism and Intelligent Design 284
Eugenie C. Scott
Chapter 19 Evolution and the Media 300
Carl Zimmer
PART V NATURE AND NURTURE
Chapter 20 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language 313
Mark Pagel
Chapter 21 Cultural Evolution 331
Elizabeth Hannon and Tim Lewens
Chapter 22 Evolution and Notions of Human Race 346
Alan R. Templeton
Chapter 23 The Future of Human Evolution 362
Alan R. Templeton
Index 381
