The Taming of Evolution The Persistence of Nonevolutionary Views in the Study of Humans

The theory of evolution has clearly altered our views of the biological world, but in the study of human beings, evolutionary and preevolutionary views continue to coexist in a state of perpetual tension. The Taming of Evolution addresses the questions of how and why this is so. Davydd Greenwood off...

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Autor principal: Greenwood, Davydd J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2018
1984.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: The Darwinian Revolution?
  • I Major Western Views of Nature
  • II Simple Continuities
  • III Complex Continuities
  • CONCLUSION: The Unmet Challenges of Evolutionary Biology
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index