Human Evolution provides a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesizing data and approaches from fields as diverse as physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genetics, archaeology, psychology, and philosophy. The book begins with chapters on evolution, population genetics, systematics, and the methods for constructing evolutionary trees. These are followed by a comprehensive review of the fossil history of human evolution since our divergence from the apes. Subsequent chapters cover more recent data, both fossil and molecular, relating to the evolution of modern humans. A final section describes the evolution of culture, language, art, and morality. The authors are leading experts in two complementary fields of scholarship: physical anthropology and molecular evolution. Throughout the book they successfully integrate their expertise in evolutionary theory, phylogenetics, genomics, cultural evolution, language, aesthetics, and morality to produce a cutting edge textbook, copiously illustrated and with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. The text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on human evolution within departments of biology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. The book may also be of interest to a more general audience seeking a readable, up-to-date, and inclusive treatment of human origins and evolution.

Human Evolution: Trails from the Past

Science & Math

Cela-Conde, Camilo J.

Ayala, Francisco Jose

Biological Sciences

Oxford Univ. Pr.

In this short but illuminating piece, world-renowned biologist Francisco Ayala addresses the notion of intelligent design—the notion that individual species are too complex to have developed through evolution and therefore must be the work of an intelligent designer, God. 
Ayala shows first just what the theory of evolution claims, and the range of questions it can answer. He then turns to the notion of intelligent design, as it is expounded today, and its weaknesses as a scientific or even a theological explanation of the complexity of the universe and all its creatures. Ayala’s treatment is especially valuable for its clarity about the respective roles and provinces of science, faith, and theology.

Darwin And Intelligent Design (Facets Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Fortress Press

In the early 20th century, genetics was integrated with Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through the discipline of population genetics.

Evolving: The Theory and Processes of Organic Evolution

Evolution

Addison-Wesley

Modern Genetics (Benjamin/Cummings Series in the Life Sciences)

Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company

This book is an excellent introduction to population and evolutionary genetics. Much of the text and many illustrations are taken from Modern Genetics, by Ayala and Kiger. The authors have used only pre-calculus algebra in the parts requiring mathematical treatment, and the chapters on molecular evolution can be understood without previous knowledge of biochemistry. The chapters cover (1) basic genetics, (2) the genetic structure of populations, (3) the processes of evolutionary change, (4) natural selection, (5) inbreeding, coadaptation and geographic differentiation, (6) quantitative characters, and (7) speciation and macroevolution. There are appendices on basic probability and statistics, and a glossary. Some chapters end with problems, the answers to which are given very fully at the end of the book. The general layout of the text is most attractive, and the line drawings and other illustrations are of a very high standard. J.D. Turton.

Population and Evolutionary Genetics: A Primer (Benjamin/Cummings Series in the Life Sciences)

Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co.

Modern Genetics

Kiger, John A.

Modern Genetics (Solutions Manual)

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