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, evo...

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