How Evolution Shapes Our Lives : : Essays on Biology and Society / / ed. by Richard E. Lenski, Jonathan B. Losos.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Andersson, Dan I.,; Ayala, Francisco J.,; Cavanaugh, Amy,; Currie, Cameron R.,; Ebert, Dieter,; Ellington, Andrew D.,; Hannon, Elizabeth,; Hawks, John,; Keim, Paul,; Lenski, Richard E.,; Lewens, Tim,; Losos, Jonathan B.,; Lummaa, Virpi,; Moorad, Jacob A.,; Moritz, Craig,; Muñoz, Martha M.,; Pagel, Mark,; Pearson, Talima,; Pennock, Robert T.,; Promislow, Daniel E. L.,; Quandt, Erik M.,; Queller, David C.,; Richardson, Robert C.,; Scott, Eugenie C.,; Shaffer, H. Bradley,; Strassmann, Joan E.,; Templeton, Alan R.,; Turner, Paul E.,; Zimmer, Carl,
• HerausgeberIn: Lenski, Richard E.,; Losos, Jonathan B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 15 line illus. 10 tables.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. How Evolution Shapes Our Lives -- Part I. Biological Foundations -- Chapter 2. What Is Evolution? -- Chapter 3. Human Evolution -- Chapter 4. Human Cooperation and Conflict -- Chapter 5. Human Behavioral Ecology -- Chapter 6. Evolutionary Psychology -- Part II. Evolution in Health and Disease -- Chapter 7. Evolutionary Medicine -- Chapter 8. Aging and Menopause -- Chapter 9. Evolution of Parasite Virulence -- Chapter 10. Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance -- Chapter 11. Evolution and Microbial Forensics -- Part III. Reshaping Our World -- Chapter 12. Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture -- Chapter 13. Directed Evolution -- Chapter 14. Evolution and Computing -- Chapter 15. Evolution and Conservation -- Chapter 16. Adaptation to a Changing World: Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change -- Part IV. Evolution in the Public Sphere -- Chapter 17. Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue -- Chapter 18. Creationism and Intelligent Design -- Chapter 19. Evolution and the Media -- Part V. Nature and Nurture -- Chapter 20. Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language -- Chapter 21. Cultural Evolution -- Chapter 22. Evolution and Notions of Human Race -- Chapter 23. The Future of Human Evolution -- Index