In the Light of Evolution IV : The Human Condition

• Autore: Avise John C
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : National Academies Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.8
• Soggetto topico: Evolution (Biology) -- Congresses
• Altri autori: AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) SciencesNational Academy of
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Arthur M. Sackler, M.D.1913-1987""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the *In the Light of Evolution* Series""; ""Preface to *In the Light of Evolution, Volume IV: The Human Condition*""; ""PART I: HUMAN PHYLOGENETIC HISTORY AND THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD""; ""1 Reconstructing Human Evolution: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities--Bernard Wood ""; ""2 Terrestrial Apes and Phylogenetic Trees--Juan Luis Arsuaga ""; ""3 Phylogenomic Evidence of Adaptive Evolution in the Ancestry of Humans-Morris Goodman and Kirstin N. Sterner "" ; ""4 Human Adaptations to Diet, Subsistence, and Ecoregion Are Due to Subtle Shifts in Allele Frequency--Angela M. Hancock, David B. Witonsky, Edvard Ehler, Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, Cynthia Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, Rem Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan Pritchard, Graham Coop, and Anna Di Rienzo """"5 Working Toward a Synthesis of Archaeological, Linguistic, and Genetic Data for Inferring African Population History--Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, and Sarah A. Tishkoff ""; ""PART II: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN GENOME"" ; ""6 Uniquely Human Evolution of Sialic Acid Genetics and Biology--Ajit Varki """"7 Bioenergetics, the Origins of Complexity, and the Ascent of Man-Douglas C. Wallace ""; ""8 Genome-wide Patterns of Population Structure and Admixture Among Hispanic/Latino Populations--Katarzyna Bryc, Christopher Velez, Tatiana Karafet, Andres Moreno-Estrada, Andy Reynolds, Adam Auton, Michael Hammer, Carlos D. Bustamante, and Harry Ostrer""; ""9 Human Skin Pigmentation as an Adaptation to UV Radiation--Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin "" ; ""10 Footprints of Nonsentient Design Inside the Human Genome--John C. Avise """"PART III: CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF BEING HUMAN""; ""11 How Grandmother Effects Plus Individual Variation in Frailty Shape Fertility and Mortality: Guidance from Human-Chimpanzee Comparisons--Kristen Hawkes ""; ""12 Gene Culture Coevolution in the Age of Genomics--Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Joseph Henrich ""; ""13 The Cognitive Niche: Coevolution of Intelligence, Sociality, and Language--Steven Pinker "" ; ""14 A Role for Relaxed Selection in the Evolution of the Language Capacity--Terrence W. Deacon """"15 Adaptive Specializations, Social Exchange, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence--Leda Cosmides, H. Clark Barrett, and John Tooby ""; ""16 The Difference of Being Human: Morality--Francisco J. Ayala ""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: In the Light of Evolution IV
• ISBN: 9786612948565; 9780309185288; 0309185289; 9781282948563; 1282948563; 9780309156585; 0309156580
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963511703321
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