 Handbook of Evolution: The Evolution of Living Systems (Including Hominids), Volume 2
ISBN: 978-3-527-30838-5
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291 pages
September 2005
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List of Contributors.
1 The Evolution of Organisms: A Synopsis (Francisco J. Ayala).
1.1 Biological Diversity and Evolution.
1.2 Evolutionary Theory.
1.3 The Evidence for Evolution: Paleontology.
1.4 Genetics of Evolution.
1.5 Natural Selection.
1.6 Sexual Selection and Kin Selection.
1.7 The Origin of Species.
1.8 Evolutionary History.
1.9 Punctuational Evolution.
1.10 Molecular Evolution.
2 The Evolution Controversies: An Overview (Michael Ruse).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 The History of Evolutionism.
2.3 Origin of Life.
2.4 Natural Selection.
2.5 Human Sociobiology.
2.6 The Creationist Controversy.
2.7 Conclusions.
2.8 References.
3 The Effects of Complex Social Life on Evolution and Biodiversity (Edward O. Wilson).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Sociality and Rate of Evolution.
3.3 Sociality, Success, and Dominance.
3.4 References.
4 The Theory of Biological Evolution: Historical and Philosophical Aspects (Franz M. Wuketits).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 “Forerunners” of Darwin.
4.3 What is an Evolutionary Theory and Who was the First Evolutionary Theorist?
4.4 Obstacles to Evolutionary Thinking.
4.5 Charles Darwin (1809–1882): The Theory of Natural Selection.
4.6 Darwin and After Darwin.
4.7 References.
5 Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Gerd B. Müller).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Historical Roots.
5.3 Agenda and Concepts.
5.4 Research Programs and Methods.
5.5 Practical and Theoretical Integration.
5.6 Prospects.
5.7 References.
6 Human Biological Evolution (Winfried Henke).
6.1 Summary.
6.2 Introduction to the Issue.
6.3 Human Biological Evolution: a Current Review.
6.4 Concluding Remarks.
6.5 References.
7 Evolution on a Restless Planet: Were Environmental Variability and Environmental Change Major Drivers of Human Evolution? (Peter J. Richerson, Robert L. Bettinger, and Robert Boyd).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 The Evolution of Cenozoic Environments.
7.3 Climate and the Evolution of Large Brains and Cultural Artifacts.
7.4 Learning and Social Learning as Responses to Variability Selection.
7.5 Internal Constraints on the Evolution of Human Culture.
7.6 Cultural Evolution in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene.
7.7 Anthropogenic Effects on Climate Evolution.
7.8 Conclusions.
7.9 References.
8 The Human Impact (Bernhard Verbeek).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 How an Extraterrestrial Would Perceive Modern Humans.
8.3 Pre-established Harmony.
8.4 The Progress of Civilization.
8.5 Ecology and the Human Being.
8.6 Evolution of Sustainability.
8.7 Back to the Past.
8.8 Culture: Evolution at a Meta Level.
8.9 Genome and Culture.
8.10 How Do We Learn Culture?
8.11 Evolutionarily Formed Learning Dispositions.
8.12 The Ecological–Social Dilemma.
8.13 Sustainability Through Faka-Tonga.
8.14 Cultural Comparison.
8.15 The Power of Constraints.
8.16 Critical Phase of Evolution.
8.17 References.
Index.
