TY - BOOK ID - 533830 TI - Evolutionary history : uniting history and biology to understand life on Earth PY - 2011 SN - 9780521745093 9780521762113 9780511974267 9780511992926 0511992920 9780511990922 0511990928 9780511989131 051198913X 0511974264 0521762111 0521745098 1107216761 0511994125 1283055465 9786613055460 0511991924 051198734X 9781107216761 9780511994128 9781283055468 6613055468 9780511991929 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - History as a science KW - HIS History & Biographies KW - life history KW - history of biology KW - evolutionary biology KW - evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Evolution KW - Animal evolution KW - Animals KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - History. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:533830 AB - We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evolutionary history, a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past than either can produce on its own. Evolutionary history can stimulate surprising new hypotheses for any field of history and evolutionary biology. How many art historians would have guessed that sculpture encouraged the evolution of tuskless elephants? How many biologists would have predicted that human poverty would accelerate animal evolution? How many military historians would have suspected that plant evolution would convert a counter-insurgency strategy into a rebel subsidy? With examples from around the globe, this book will help readers see the broadest patterns of history and the details of their own life in a new light. ER -