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Dunbar takes readers through the theory of evolution and provides readers with answers to popular questions surrounding Darwin's original theory and how it has impacted science today.

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Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior-who we are and how we got to be here, our psychology, our cultures-and greatly impacts modern advancements in medicine and conservation biology. Perhaps its most important claim for science is its ability to provide an overarching framework that integrates the many lifesciences into a single unified whole. Yet, evolution-evolutionary biology in particular-has been, and continues to be, regarded with suspicion by many. Understanding how and why evolution works, and whatit can tell us, is perhaps the single most important contribution to the public perception of science. This book provides an overview of the basic theory and showcases how widely its consequences reverberate across the life sciences, the social sciences and even the humanities. In this book, Robin Dunbar uses examples drawn from plant life, animals and humans to illustrate these processes. Evolutionary science has important advantages. Most of science deals with themicroscopic world that we cannot see and invariably have difficulty understanding, but evolution deals with the macro-world in which we live and move. That invariably makes it much easier for the layaudience to appreciate, understand and enjoy. Evolution: What Everyone Needs to Know® takes a broad approach to evolution, dealing both with the core theory itself and its impact on different aspects of the world we live in, from the iconic debates of the nineteenth century, to viruses and superbugs, to human evolution and behavior.

Author Biography

Robin Dunbar gained his MA from the University of Oxford and PhD from Bristol University. He is currently Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford, and an emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College. He has held Research Fellowships and Professorial Chairs in Psychology, Biology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, Stockholm University, University College London, and the University of Liverpool. He is an elected Fellowof the British Academy, and was co-Director of the British Academy's Centenary Research Project. His principal research interests focus on the evolution of sociality in mammals (with particular reference to ungulates,primates and humans). He is best known for the social brain hypothesis, the gossip theory of language evolution and Dunbar's Number (the limit on the number of relationships that we can manage). His current project focuses on the mechanisms of social cohesion, and uses a range of approaches from comparative analysis to cognitive experiments to neuroimaging to explore the mechanisms that allow humans to create large scale communities.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Evolution by Natural SelectionChapter 2: Adaptation and SpeciationChapter 3: Genetics and the Mechanisms of TransmissionChapter 4: Viruses, Slime Moulds, and the Origins of Life and SexChapter 5: Individuals and SpeciesChapter 6: Human EvolutionChapter 7: Evolution and Human BehaviorChapter 8: Cultural Evolution

Review

This is an enjoyable, well-written book packed with interesting facts and theories about evolutionary processes and history. * Richard A. Richards, The Quarterly Review of Biology *

Long Description

Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior-who we are and how we got to be here, our psychology, our cultures-and greatly impacts modern advancements in medicine and conservation biology. Perhaps its most important claim for science is its ability to provide an overarching framework that integrates the many lifesciences into a single unified whole. Yet, evolution-evolutionary biology in particular-has been, and continues to be, regarded with suspicion by many. Understanding how and why evolution works, and whatit can tell us, is perhaps the single most important contribution to the public perception of science. This book provides an overview of the basic theory and showcases how widely its consequences reverberate across the life sciences, the social sciences and even the humanities. In this book, Robin Dunbar uses examples drawn from plant life, animals and humans to illustrate these processes. Evolutionary science has important advantages. Most of science deals with themicroscopic world that we cannot see and invariably have difficulty understanding, but evolution deals with the macro-world in which we live and move. That invariably makes it much easier for the layaudience to appreciate, understand and enjoy. Evolution: What Everyone Needs to Know

Review Text

"This is an enjoyable, well-written book packed with interesting facts and theories about evolutionary processes and history." -- Richard A. Richards, The Quarterly Review of Biology

Review Quote

This is an enjoyable, well-written book packed with interesting facts and theories about evolutionary processes and history.

Feature

Selling point: Explores the essential background to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selectionSelling point: Examines 100 years of history surrounding the case for evolutionSelling point: Provides a comprehensive explanation for evolution, breaking everything down from the evolution of species to the evolution of languages

Details ISBN0190922885 Author Robin Dunbar Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 2020 ISBN-10 0190922885 ISBN-13 9780190922887 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 576.8 Short Title Evolution Language English Publication Date 2020-07-23 UK Release Date 2020-07-23 NZ Release Date 2020-07-23 US Release Date 2020-07-23 Alternative 9780190922894 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-04-14 Series What Everyone Needs to Know® Subtitle What Everyone Needs to Know® Pages 288 We've got this

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