The patchwork human : two billion years of evolution /

The patchwork human : two billion years of evolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Luykx, Peter, 1937- author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Subject:	Human evolution. Genetics. Human evolution -- Philosophy. Genetics Genetics. Human evolution. Human evolution -- Philosophy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12732926

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ISBN:	9781476645650 (electronic bk.) 1476645655 (electronic bk.) 9781476686127 1476686122
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 9781476686127 1476686122

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The patchwork human, old and new parts
The human machine
Cells, genes, and other small parts
The embryo: construction and continuity
Evolution: the process
Evolution: the pattern
Bigger is sometimes better
Bilateral symmetry
The sexy beast, part I
Up the mammalian path
Fur
A warm-blooded animal
Upright living
The brain
The sexy beast, part II
On being social
The truly musical animal
The talkative ape
Human races, real and imagined
The future of the only remaining human species.