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UNINA9910337952303321 |
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Autore |
Tobias Michael |
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Titolo |
The Hypothetical Species : Variables of Human Evolution / / by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Evolution (Biology) |
Nature |
Ecology |
Environmental sciences - Philosophy |
Biology - Philosophy |
Philosophy of nature |
Evolutionary Biology |
Popular Science in Nature and Environment |
Environmental Philosophy |
Philosophy of Biology |
Philosophy of Nature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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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. |
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