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The species that changed itself : how prosperity reshaped humanity

Title
The species that changed itself : how prosperity reshaped humanity / Edwin Gale.
Author
Gale, Edwin A. M.
Publication
  • London : Allen Lane, 2020.
  • ©2020

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xiii, 355 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
Today we enjoy an existence our ancestors could only dream of. We live longer, healthier, better nourished lives. Over a handful of generations, human societies have altered almost beyond recognition. Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Our ability to do so has not only liberated much of the planet from plague and famine over the last century, but also reshaped the human phenotype - the interaction between genes and environment that moulds our bodies and minds. Weaving together biology, social anthropology, epidemiology and history, Edwin Gale argues that we are the only species to have domesticated itself. But at what cost? The Species that Changed Itself is timely reminder that we are products of the world we have made.
Alternative Title
How prosperity reshaped humanity
Subject
  • Human beings > Effect of environment on
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Human evolution > Popular works
  • Human ecology
  • Adaptation (Physiology)
  • Social change
  • Wealth
  • NATURE / Ecology
  • Human evolution
Genre/Form
Popular works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Part 1. The great escape. 1. The Promethean Moment -- 2. Charlemagne\u0027s elephant -- 3. The road to Rabbit Island -- 4. The invention that fed the world -- Part 2. Plasticity. 5. The discovery or human plasticity -- 6. Matrix -- 7. Life before birth -- 8. Growing tall -- 9. Performance -- 10. Designer phenotypes -- 11. The fat of the land -- Part 3. 12. At home in the multiverse -- 13. The retreat of infectious disease -- 14. The final frontier -- 15. Fastened to a dying animal -- Part 4. Changing our minds. 16. The milk of human kindness -- 17. New minds for old -- Part 5. Living together. 18. The domestication of the human species -- 19. Changing phenotype, changing society -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780241292693
  • 0241292697
OCLC
  • on1242384467
  • 1242384467
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries