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ISBN: 0393318141 Year: 1998 Publisher: New York Norton
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ISBN: 0691012172 0691050082 1282753479 1400822637 9786612753473 1400813182 Year: 1998 Publisher: Princeton, NJ Chichester Princeton University Press
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Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make today's newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago--Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century, the theory of evolution is one of the most potent concepts in all of modern science. In Darwin's Spectre, Michael Rose provides the general reader with an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and how it may affect us in the future. First comes a brief biographical sketch of Darwin. Next, Rose gives a primer on the three most important concepts in evolutionary theory--variation, selection, and adaptation. With a firm grasp of these concepts, the reader is ready to look at modern applications of evolutionary theory. Discussing agriculture, Rose shows how even before Darwin farmers and ranchers unknowingly experimented with evolution. Medical research, however, has ignored Darwin's lessons until recently, with potentially grave consequences. Finally, evolution supplies important new vantage points on human nature. If humans weren't created by deities, then our nature may be determined more by evolution than we have understood. Or it may not be. In this question, as in many others, the Darwinian perspective is one of the most important for understanding human affairs in the modern world. Darwin's Spectre explains how evolutionary biology has been used to support both valuable applied research, particularly in agriculture, and truly frightening objectives, such as Nazi eugenics. Darwin's legacy has been a comfort and a scourge. But it has never been irrelevant.
Evolution (Biology) --- Natural selection --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Sélection naturelle --- Social aspects. --- Aspect social --- Sélection naturelle --- Darwinism --- Selection, Natural --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Social aspects --- Evolution (Biology) - Social aspects. --- Natural selection - Social aspects. --- Biology --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Phylogeny --- Genetics --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological invasions --- Heredity
ISBN: 0691059330 0691059349 0691206821 Year: 1998 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Baltimore, Md. : Princeton University Press, Project MUSE,
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This is a theoretical treatment of one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection. He unites these with the best of economic thought: a clear theory of model formation and comparative statics, the development of simple methods for analyzing complex problems, and notions of information and rationality. Using this unique, multidisciplinary approach, Frank makes major advances in understanding the foundations of social evolution. The book also provides a unique "how-to" guide for constructing models of social behavior. It is essential reading for evolutionary biologists and for economists, mathematicians, and others interested in natural selection.
Natural selection --- Behavior evolution --- Kin selection (Evolution) --- Social evolution --- Sélection naturelle --- Evolution du comportement --- Econometric models --- Behavior evolution. --- Kin selection (Evolution). --- Natural selection. --- Econometric models. --- Sélection naturelle --- Évolution sociale --- Selection de la parentele. --- Évolution du comportement. --- Selection naturelle. --- Social evolution. --- Sociale evolutie. --- Natuurlijke selectie. --- 42.21 evolution. --- Selection (Genetics) --- Biological Evolution. --- Darwinism --- Selection, Natural --- Genetics --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological invasions --- Evolution (Biology) --- Heredity --- Familial behavior in animals --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Behavioral evolution --- Evolutionary psychology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Phylogeny --- Modeles econometriques.
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