Children of Prometheus : the accelerating pace of human evolution /
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| Author / Creator: | Wills, Christopher. |
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| Imprint: | Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, 1998. |
| Description: | ix, 310 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Helix book |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3449286 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The Many Faces of Natural Selection
- 1. Authorities Disagree
- 2. Natural Selection Can Be Subtle
- 3. Living at the Edge of Space
- 4. Besieged by Invisible Armies
- 5. Perils of the Civil Service
- 6. Farewell to the Master Race
- Part II. Our Stormy Evolutionary History
- 7. The Road We Did Not Take
- 8. Why Are We Such Evolutionary Speed Demons?
- 9. Bottlenecks and Selective Sweeps
- 10. Sticking Out Like Cyrano's Nose
- Part III. Selection for Diversity
- 11. Going to Extremes
- 12. How Brain Function Evolves
- 13. The Final Objection
- 14. Our Evolutionary Future
- Notes
- Glossary
- Index
