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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337952303321

Autore

Tobias Michael

Titolo

The Hypothetical Species : Variables of Human Evolution / / by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11319-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Disciplina

573.2

599.938

Soggetti

Evolutionary biology

Nature

Environment

Environmental sciences - Philosophy

Biology - Philosophy

Philosophy of nature

Ecology 

Evolutionary Biology

Popular Science in Nature and Environment

Environmental Philosophy

Philosophy of Biology

Philosophy of Nature

Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introdution -- Between the Theoretical and the Hypothetical -- Taxonomic Uncertainties -- A Biosphere in Flux -- As Far as the Microscope Reveals -- Human Contradictions -- Varieties of Social Contracts -- Biological Consensus Mechanisms: The Future of Co-Existence.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray



Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on the geo-positioning of the human Self and its corresponding species. The book's overarching viewpoints and poignant through-story examine and powerfully challenge concepts associated historically with assertions of human superiority over all other life forms. Ultimately, The Hypothetical Species: Variables of Human Evolution is a deeply considered treatise on the ecological and psychological state of humanity and her options – both within, and outside the rubrics of evolutionary research – for survival. This important work is beautifully presented with nearly 200 diverse illustrations, and is introduced with a foreword by famed paleobiologist, Dr. Melanie DeVore.