Patchwork Human
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Patchwork Human
Two Billion Years of Evolution
Luykx, Peter
McFarland & Co Inc
05/2022
277
Mole
Inglês
9781476686127
15 a 20 dias
398
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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: The Patchwork Human, Old and New Parts
1.?The Human Machine
What Do People Think???14
People versus Machines??14
Mind, Spirit, Soul??16
Matter??19
2.?Cells, Genes, and Other Small Parts
Cells??23
Molecules Small and Large??26
Chromosomes, Genes, and Proteins??27
3.?The Embryo: Construction and Continuity
Early Development??35
Continuity??39
4.?Evolution: The Process
The Process of Evolution??43
Evolutionary Mechanisms??44
Adaptation and the Randomness and Purposelessness of Evolution??51
"For the good of the species"??55
Are We Still Evolving???56
5.?Evolution: The Pattern
Darwin's Tree??59
Evolutionary Genetics??61
Fossils??62
The Genus Homo and Its Ancestors??66
Sea Urchin Interview??70
?6.?Bigger Is Sometimes Better
?7.?Bilateral Symmetry
?8.?The Sexy Beast, Part I
The Biological Basics of Sex??87
Sperm and Egg Logic??92
The Mating Dance: The Logic of Fidelity and Promiscuity??95
?9.?Up the Mammalian Path
Origins??103
Mammary Glands and Milk??106
The Placenta??111
10.?Fur
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow??115
11.?A -Warm-Blooded Animal
Mechanisms??121
Evolution??122
12.?Upright Living
Forelimbs and Hind Limbs??127
Fossil Evidence??129
13.?The Brain
Brain Development and Structure??137
Some Comparisons??139
Aspects of Brain Evolution??142
Brain Function??145
14.?The Sexy Beast, Part II
The Penis and the Vagina??151
External Testes??153
How Human Brain Size Influences the Mating System??154
Conspicuous Mammary Glands??155
Sex and Pleasure??158
Ovulation Now???162
Monogamous or Polygamous???166
Menopause??169
15.?On Being Social
Basic Elements of Being Social??175
Teaching and Learning??178
Cooperation??180
Altruism??185
-Mind-Reading, or -Perspective-Taking??189
Evolutionary Origins of Sociality??193
16.?The Truly Musical Animal
When???201
How? The Muses Weigh In??202
As Part of Our Biology, Why Music???207
17.?The Talkative Ape
The Anatomy of Speech and Language??213
Features of Human Language??215
Precursors of Language in Animal Communications???218
An Evolutionary Pathway for Language??221
18.?Human Races, Real and Imagined
The Concept of Race??226
The Evolution of Human Races??228
Racial Prejudice??234
In Summary??236
19.?The Future of the Only Remaining Human Species
Homo sapiens Forever??239
A New Species of Homo???241
Extinction Once and For All??244
Slow Extinction by Climate Change??246
Appendix I: Tissues, Systems, Organs, and Cell Types
Appendix II: Some Musical Preferences
Background and Further Reading
Index
Preface
Introduction: The Patchwork Human, Old and New Parts
1.?The Human Machine
What Do People Think???14
People versus Machines??14
Mind, Spirit, Soul??16
Matter??19
2.?Cells, Genes, and Other Small Parts
Cells??23
Molecules Small and Large??26
Chromosomes, Genes, and Proteins??27
3.?The Embryo: Construction and Continuity
Early Development??35
Continuity??39
4.?Evolution: The Process
The Process of Evolution??43
Evolutionary Mechanisms??44
Adaptation and the Randomness and Purposelessness of Evolution??51
"For the good of the species"??55
Are We Still Evolving???56
5.?Evolution: The Pattern
Darwin's Tree??59
Evolutionary Genetics??61
Fossils??62
The Genus Homo and Its Ancestors??66
Sea Urchin Interview??70
?6.?Bigger Is Sometimes Better
?7.?Bilateral Symmetry
?8.?The Sexy Beast, Part I
The Biological Basics of Sex??87
Sperm and Egg Logic??92
The Mating Dance: The Logic of Fidelity and Promiscuity??95
?9.?Up the Mammalian Path
Origins??103
Mammary Glands and Milk??106
The Placenta??111
10.?Fur
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow??115
11.?A -Warm-Blooded Animal
Mechanisms??121
Evolution??122
12.?Upright Living
Forelimbs and Hind Limbs??127
Fossil Evidence??129
13.?The Brain
Brain Development and Structure??137
Some Comparisons??139
Aspects of Brain Evolution??142
Brain Function??145
14.?The Sexy Beast, Part II
The Penis and the Vagina??151
External Testes??153
How Human Brain Size Influences the Mating System??154
Conspicuous Mammary Glands??155
Sex and Pleasure??158
Ovulation Now???162
Monogamous or Polygamous???166
Menopause??169
15.?On Being Social
Basic Elements of Being Social??175
Teaching and Learning??178
Cooperation??180
Altruism??185
-Mind-Reading, or -Perspective-Taking??189
Evolutionary Origins of Sociality??193
16.?The Truly Musical Animal
When???201
How? The Muses Weigh In??202
As Part of Our Biology, Why Music???207
17.?The Talkative Ape
The Anatomy of Speech and Language??213
Features of Human Language??215
Precursors of Language in Animal Communications???218
An Evolutionary Pathway for Language??221
18.?Human Races, Real and Imagined
The Concept of Race??226
The Evolution of Human Races??228
Racial Prejudice??234
In Summary??236
19.?The Future of the Only Remaining Human Species
Homo sapiens Forever??239
A New Species of Homo???241
Extinction Once and For All??244
Slow Extinction by Climate Change??246
Appendix I: Tissues, Systems, Organs, and Cell Types
Appendix II: Some Musical Preferences
Background and Further Reading
Index
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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: The Patchwork Human, Old and New Parts
1.?The Human Machine
What Do People Think???14
People versus Machines??14
Mind, Spirit, Soul??16
Matter??19
2.?Cells, Genes, and Other Small Parts
Cells??23
Molecules Small and Large??26
Chromosomes, Genes, and Proteins??27
3.?The Embryo: Construction and Continuity
Early Development??35
Continuity??39
4.?Evolution: The Process
The Process of Evolution??43
Evolutionary Mechanisms??44
Adaptation and the Randomness and Purposelessness of Evolution??51
"For the good of the species"??55
Are We Still Evolving???56
5.?Evolution: The Pattern
Darwin's Tree??59
Evolutionary Genetics??61
Fossils??62
The Genus Homo and Its Ancestors??66
Sea Urchin Interview??70
?6.?Bigger Is Sometimes Better
?7.?Bilateral Symmetry
?8.?The Sexy Beast, Part I
The Biological Basics of Sex??87
Sperm and Egg Logic??92
The Mating Dance: The Logic of Fidelity and Promiscuity??95
?9.?Up the Mammalian Path
Origins??103
Mammary Glands and Milk??106
The Placenta??111
10.?Fur
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow??115
11.?A -Warm-Blooded Animal
Mechanisms??121
Evolution??122
12.?Upright Living
Forelimbs and Hind Limbs??127
Fossil Evidence??129
13.?The Brain
Brain Development and Structure??137
Some Comparisons??139
Aspects of Brain Evolution??142
Brain Function??145
14.?The Sexy Beast, Part II
The Penis and the Vagina??151
External Testes??153
How Human Brain Size Influences the Mating System??154
Conspicuous Mammary Glands??155
Sex and Pleasure??158
Ovulation Now???162
Monogamous or Polygamous???166
Menopause??169
15.?On Being Social
Basic Elements of Being Social??175
Teaching and Learning??178
Cooperation??180
Altruism??185
-Mind-Reading, or -Perspective-Taking??189
Evolutionary Origins of Sociality??193
16.?The Truly Musical Animal
When???201
How? The Muses Weigh In??202
As Part of Our Biology, Why Music???207
17.?The Talkative Ape
The Anatomy of Speech and Language??213
Features of Human Language??215
Precursors of Language in Animal Communications???218
An Evolutionary Pathway for Language??221
18.?Human Races, Real and Imagined
The Concept of Race??226
The Evolution of Human Races??228
Racial Prejudice??234
In Summary??236
19.?The Future of the Only Remaining Human Species
Homo sapiens Forever??239
A New Species of Homo???241
Extinction Once and For All??244
Slow Extinction by Climate Change??246
Appendix I: Tissues, Systems, Organs, and Cell Types
Appendix II: Some Musical Preferences
Background and Further Reading
Index
Preface
Introduction: The Patchwork Human, Old and New Parts
1.?The Human Machine
What Do People Think???14
People versus Machines??14
Mind, Spirit, Soul??16
Matter??19
2.?Cells, Genes, and Other Small Parts
Cells??23
Molecules Small and Large??26
Chromosomes, Genes, and Proteins??27
3.?The Embryo: Construction and Continuity
Early Development??35
Continuity??39
4.?Evolution: The Process
The Process of Evolution??43
Evolutionary Mechanisms??44
Adaptation and the Randomness and Purposelessness of Evolution??51
"For the good of the species"??55
Are We Still Evolving???56
5.?Evolution: The Pattern
Darwin's Tree??59
Evolutionary Genetics??61
Fossils??62
The Genus Homo and Its Ancestors??66
Sea Urchin Interview??70
?6.?Bigger Is Sometimes Better
?7.?Bilateral Symmetry
?8.?The Sexy Beast, Part I
The Biological Basics of Sex??87
Sperm and Egg Logic??92
The Mating Dance: The Logic of Fidelity and Promiscuity??95
?9.?Up the Mammalian Path
Origins??103
Mammary Glands and Milk??106
The Placenta??111
10.?Fur
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow??115
11.?A -Warm-Blooded Animal
Mechanisms??121
Evolution??122
12.?Upright Living
Forelimbs and Hind Limbs??127
Fossil Evidence??129
13.?The Brain
Brain Development and Structure??137
Some Comparisons??139
Aspects of Brain Evolution??142
Brain Function??145
14.?The Sexy Beast, Part II
The Penis and the Vagina??151
External Testes??153
How Human Brain Size Influences the Mating System??154
Conspicuous Mammary Glands??155
Sex and Pleasure??158
Ovulation Now???162
Monogamous or Polygamous???166
Menopause??169
15.?On Being Social
Basic Elements of Being Social??175
Teaching and Learning??178
Cooperation??180
Altruism??185
-Mind-Reading, or -Perspective-Taking??189
Evolutionary Origins of Sociality??193
16.?The Truly Musical Animal
When???201
How? The Muses Weigh In??202
As Part of Our Biology, Why Music???207
17.?The Talkative Ape
The Anatomy of Speech and Language??213
Features of Human Language??215
Precursors of Language in Animal Communications???218
An Evolutionary Pathway for Language??221
18.?Human Races, Real and Imagined
The Concept of Race??226
The Evolution of Human Races??228
Racial Prejudice??234
In Summary??236
19.?The Future of the Only Remaining Human Species
Homo sapiens Forever??239
A New Species of Homo???241
Extinction Once and For All??244
Slow Extinction by Climate Change??246
Appendix I: Tissues, Systems, Organs, and Cell Types
Appendix II: Some Musical Preferences
Background and Further Reading
Index
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