A Most Interesting Problem (eBook)

What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution

Jeremy DeSilva (Herausgeber)

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2021
288 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21081-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern scienceIn 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called "e;the highest and most interesting problem for the naturalist."e; A Most Interesting Problem brings together twelve world-class scholars and science communicators to investigate what Darwin got right-and what he got wrong-about the origin, history, and biological variation of humans.Edited by Jeremy DeSilva and with an introduction by acclaimed Darwin biographer Janet Browne, A Most Interesting Problem draws on the latest discoveries in fields such as genetics, paleontology, bioarchaeology, anthropology, and primatology. This compelling and accessible book tackles the very subjects Darwin explores in Descent, including the evidence for human evolution, our place in the family tree, the origins of civilization, human races, and sex differences.A Most Interesting Problem is a testament to how scientific ideas are tested and how evidence helps to structure our narratives about human origins, showing how some of Darwin's ideas have withstood more than a century of scrutiny while others have not.A Most Interesting Problem features contributions by Janet Browne, Jeremy DeSilva, Holly Dunsworth, Agustin Fuentes, Ann Gibbons, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Brian Hare, John Hawks, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Kristina Killgrove, Alice Roberts, and Michael J. Ryan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2021
• Einführung: Janet Browne
• Zusatzinfo: 19 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Schlagworte: Alfred Russel Wallace • anatomy • Ancient DNA • Angela Saini • animal behavior • anthropologist • archaeology • Ardipithecus • Ardipithecus kadabba • Australopithecus • Australopithecus afarensis • Biological Anthropology • biologist • Biology • bipedalism • Bonobo • brain size • Canine tooth • cerebral cortex • Charles Darwin • Charles Darwin biography • Charles Darwin theory • Chimpanzee • chris stringer • Cleveland Museum of Natural History • Colonialism • common descent • comparative anatomy • Competition • Copyright • courtship • Creationism • Cultural Evolution • Darwinism • Darwin’s finches • Darwin’s journal • Denisovan • Disease • Down House • Editing • Embryo • Ernst Haeckel • Eugenics • Evolution • Evolutionary anthropology • evolutionary biology • evolution of species • female • fossils • Galapagos • Galapagos finches • Gene • genetic drift • geneticist • great ape cousins • heredity • HMS Beagle • hominidae • Hominini • Homo • Homo erectus • Homo Naledi • Homo sapiens • Hormone • Human • Human Biology • Human Evolution • Human evolution (origins of society and culture) • human genome • human skin color • Human sociality • Ideology • janet browne • Louis Leakey • Mammal • Maria Popova • mate choice • mating • Morality • narrative • Natural selection • Neanderthal • Old World monkey • On the Origin of Species • Orangutan • organism • Orrorin • Paleoanthropology • paleontology • Patriarchy • Paul Broca • Physiology • Primates • Princeton University Press • Race (human categorization) • Racism • Raymond Dart • Reproductive success • Sahelanthropus • scientific racism • Scientist • secondary sexual characteristics • Sex • sex organ • Sexual Dimorphism • Sexual Selection • Social Darwinism • social organisms • Sperm • Stone tool • survival of the fittest • The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex • Thomas Henry Huxley • Vanessa Woods • Vertebrate • Vestigiality • Victorian England • Victorian science • voyage of the beagle • Writing • Yohannes Haile-Selassie
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21081-0 / 0691210810
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21081-0 / 9780691210810