Illuminating human evolution : 150 years after Darwin / / edited by Jaume Bertranpetit and Juli Peretó

• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Disciplina: 599.938
• Soggetto topico: Human evolution
• Persona (resp. second.): PeretóJuli; BertranpetitJaume
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Light Would Be Thrown: Human Evolution 150 Years After Darwin -- 1.1 Victorian in Form and Substance -- 1.2 Evolution Without Fossils -- 1.3 A Well-Connected Author -- 1.4 The Use of the Image (or Not) in Darwin´s Work -- 1.5 Human Evolution Partially Enlightened -- 1.6 Translations of Descent into Spanish and Catalan -- References -- Chapter 2: The Historical Background to Darwin´s Descent of Man -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Descent of Man -- 2.3 Sexual Selection and Society -- 2.4 Descent in Victorian Context -- 2.5 Aftermath -- References -- Chapter 3: Ways of Seeing the World: Darwin and the First Victorian Generation -- References -- Chapter 4: The Problem of Design in the Darwinian Proposal: A Historical Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Design Argument -- 4.3 The Danger of Projecting Our Obsessions -- 4.4 Is It Really Over with Finalism? -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Darwin Under Suspicion: The Representation of Darwinism in the Newspaper ABC (1909-1982) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Contextualization: A Brief History of Darwinism in Spain -- 5.3 Darwin in the ABC: 1909-1982 -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Primary Bibliography -- Chapter 6: The Descent of Man: Darwin and Psychology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Origin: From Species to Man -- 6.3 Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution and Its Impact on the Beginnings of Psychology -- 6.4 The Theory of Evolution and the Psychological Disciplines -- 6.5 Evolutionary Psychology: A New Theoretical Approach -- 6.6 Darwin and Twenty-First Century Psychology -- References -- Chapter 7: Human Evolution: The Linguistic Evidence -- 7.1 Phylogeny -- 7.2 Ontogeny -- 7.3 Glossogeny -- References -- Chapter 8: Human Evolution in Eurasia: The Fossils that Darwin Did Not Know -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Revisiting ``Out of Africa 1´´. ; 8.2.1 ``Out of Asia´´ and the Settlement of Europe -- 8.3 Revisiting ``Out of Africa 2´´ -- 8.4 Final Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Human Evolution: The Genomic Evidence -- 9.1 The Family Tree of Humankind -- 9.2 The Tangled Bank of Human Evolution -- 9.3 The Faceless Human -- 9.4 Ghosts of the Past -- 9.5 Answers on Human Evolution Inscribed in the Genome -- 9.5.1 The African Origin of the Human Species -- 9.5.2 The Forgotten Diaspora: The Origins of the Roma People -- 9.5.3 Europe´s Prehistory Reconstructed from Ancient DNA -- References -- Chapter 10: The Adaptations That Made Us Human: Morphology -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 The Concept of Adaptation -- 10.1.2 The Relationship Between Form and Function -- 10.1.3 Paleobiology -- 10.2 The Human Primates -- 10.2.1 Separating the Wheat From the Chaff -- 10.2.2 Humans´ Closest Relatives -- 10.2.3 The Last Common Ancestor of Chimpanzees and Humans -- 10.3 Main Adaptations of the Human Lineage -- 10.3.1 Locomotion -- 10.3.2 Manipulation -- 10.3.3 Cognition and Life History -- 10.3.4 Diet -- 10.3.5 Sociosexual Behavior -- 10.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: The Adaptations That Have Made Us Human: The Genome -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Cross-Species Comparisons -- 11.3 Tests Based on Intraspecific Variation -- 11.3.1 Tests Based on Frequency Spectrum -- 11.3.2 Tests Based on Population Differentiation -- 11.3.3 Tests Based on Unusual Haplotype Extension or Linkage Disequilibrium -- 11.4 Verifying the Statistical Significance -- 11.5 Beyond the Classic Selective Sweep -- 11.6 Limitations and Future of Selection Studies -- References -- Chapter 12: How Do We Humans Evolve? -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 A Theoretical Approach to a Central Hypothesis on Humanization -- 12.2.1 Production -- 12.2.2 Communication -- 12.2.3 Socialization -- 12.3 Conclusion -- References. ; Chapter 13: Art as a Human Element -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Darwin, Evolutionism, and the Origins of Prehistoric Art Research -- 13.3 Current Debates -- References -- Chapter 14: Sexual Selection: Following Darwin´s Legacy -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Pre-copulatory Mechanisms: Darwin´s Jigsaw Puzzle -- 14.2.1 Intrasexual Competition: Fighting for Mates -- 14.2.2 Intersexual Competition: Mate Choice -- 14.3 Post-copula Mechanisms: The Invisible Competition -- 14.3.1 Sperm Competition: Fighting for Fertilization -- 14.3.2 Cryptic Female Choice -- 14.4 Sex Roles and the Evolutionary Battle of the Sexes -- 14.5 The Importance of Sexual Selection in Evolution -- 14.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15: Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Mate Choice -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Mate-Choice Copying: Empirical Evidence -- 15.3 Mate-Choice Copying: Theoretical Approaches -- 15.4 Mate-Choice Copying and Speciation -- 15.5 Mate-Choice Copying in Humans -- 15.6 Mate-Choice Copying: Asocial or Social Learning Mechanism? -- 15.7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 16: How Past Shapes Future: The Biological Future of Humankind -- 16.1 Background: If There Has Been a Past, There Will Be a Future -- 16.2 Knowing the Past to Predict the Future? -- 16.3 The Mechanisms of Evolution -- 16.3.1 The Mutation -- 16.3.2 Genetic Drift -- 16.3.3 Migration -- 16.3.4 Selective Mating -- 16.3.5 Natural Selection -- 16.4 The Biological Effects of Human Culture -- 16.5 Natural Selection Today -- 16.5.1 Purifying Selection -- 16.5.2 Positive Selection -- 16.5.3 Sexual Selection in Humans -- 16.6 Action of Genome Editing and Transhumanism -- 16.7 What, Then, Is the Genetic and Evolutionary Future of Humankind? -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Illuminating Human Evolution
• ISBN: 981-19-3246-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910616365503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Evolutionary Studies