Research Catalog

Title

Evolution of man / prepared by American Foundation for Continuing Education. Edited by Louise B. Young.

Publication

New York, Oxford University Press, 1970.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Young, Louise B.
• American Foundation for Continuing Education.

Description

xiv, 648 p. illus.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Human evolution
• Evolution (Biology)
• Biological Evolution
• Êtres humains > Évolution
• Évolution (Biologie)
• evolution
• Human evolution

Genre/Form

Essays.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Is there sufficient evidence for evolution? : The idea of evolution : Cosmic cycles and biological progress / René Dubos ; The dawn of evolutionary theory / Loren Eiseley -- Evidence of evolution : Galápagos archipelago / Charles Darwin ; The facts supporting evolution / H. G. Wells, Julian Huxley, and G. P. Wells -- Does the evidence for evolution establish it as a scientific fact? : Evolution / Theodosius Dobzhansky ; The nature of scientific theory / W. I. B. Beveridge ; Scientific truth / E. N. da C. Andrada -- What causes evolution? : History of evolutionary theory : What is a species? / Jean Baptiste Lamarck ; On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type / Alfred Russel Wallace ; The origin of species / Charles Darwin ; The evolution of evolution / Isaac Asimov ; Darwin’s missing evidence / H. B. D. Kettlewell -- Reasonable doubts? : How right was Darwin? / Joseph Wood Krutch ; Evolution / Ludwig von Bertalanffy ; Internal factors in evolution / Lancelot Law Whyte --Does evolution imply progress or purpose? : Chance or design in evolution : Belief in a cosmic purpose / Donald Culross Peattie ; Evidence of a purpose in nature / William Paley ; Concluding remarks / Charles Darwin ; Creativity and orientation in evolution / Theodosius Dobzhansky ; Human values / Julian Huxley ; The humanitarians and the problem of evil / Goerge Bernard Shaw ; Creative evolution / Henri Bergson -- Progress in evolution : The nature of the process / J. B. S. Haldane ; Evolutionary progress / Julian Huxley -- Mankind and cosmic purpose : Purpose arises only in man / George Gaylord Simpson ; Nature’s apostrophe / Charles Sherrington -- What is the origin of man? : The discovery of man’s origins : The reception of Darwin’s theory / Ashley Montagu ; The search for mankind’s ancestors / Ruth Moore -- Two views of man : The world into which Darwin led us / George Gaylord Simpson ; Man’s place in nature / Thomas Huxley ; The descent of man: conclusion / Charles Darwin ; The naked ape / Desmond Morris ; Cain’s children / Robert Ardrey ; The significance of tool-making / L. S. B. Leakey ; How man became natural / Loren Eiseley ; The paragon of animals / Edmund W. Sinnott ; The uniqueness of man / Julian Huxley -- Did mind evolve by natural selection? : The historical argument : Darwinism applied to man / Alfred Russel Wallace ; The descent of man / Charles Darwin -- Modern views of mental activity : The immense journey / Loren Eiseley ; The development of mental activity / Julian Huxley ; The modern search for the engram / James V. McConnell ; The chemistry of learning / David Krech ; Mind and the future of man / John Rowan Wilson -- Consciousness and free will : Consciousness / René Dubos ; Mind, brain, and humanist values / Roger W. Sperry ; The threshold of reflection / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- Is civilization a new aspect of evolution? : Culture and social values : Heredity, culture, and society / Theodosius Dobzhansky ; The evolution of altruism / Hans Selye ; The origin of ethics / Edmund W. Sinnott ; Is there a genetic basis for altruism? / J. B. S. Haldane -- Society as a superorganism : The termite and the cell / Martin Lüscher ; The beginnings of multicellular organization / Maurice Sussman ; A society is an organism / Herbert Spencer ; Is mankind developing into a superorganism? / René Dubos ; The fallacy of aggregation ethics / George Gaylord Simpson ; The collective issue / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- How successfully is man controlling his environment? : Destruction of the natural environment : Our plundered planet / Fairfield Osborn ; The web of life / John Storer ; Technology can solve the problem / Colin Clark ; By the end of the twentieth century / David Sarnoff ; The dangers of relying on invention / Norbert Wiener ; Patterns of the future / Harrison Brown -- The man-made environment : A world of cities / Kevin Lynch and Lloyd Rodwin ; Human needs and inhuman cities / Edward T. Hall ; Men-like-ants? / Joseph Wood Krutch ; Man: the lethal factor / Loren Eiseley -- Is civilization retarding the evolution of man? : Death and birth control : Population / Kingsley Davis ; The dangerous doctor / William Vogt ; The ethical dilemma of science / A. V. Hill ; Cybernetics of population control / Hudson Hoagland -- The dysgenic aspects of modern civilization : Medical utopia / René Dubos ; The future of man / P. B. Medawar ; The threat of genetic deterioration / Marston Bates ; Evolution in process / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Should man control his own evolution? : Nature and nature : The observed order of events / Francis Galton ; Variety of human natures / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Selective breeding : Superman / Friedrich Nietzsche ; On good breeding, property and marriage / Bernard Shaw ; The result of all race-crossing / Adolf Hitler ; The importance of genetic variety / George Gaylord Simpson -- New techniques of positive eugenics : Human evolution by voluntary choice of germ plasm / H. J. Muller ; Genetic control of the human stock / René Dubos ; Experimental genetics and human evolution / Joshua Lederberg ; The future of mankind / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- Can science lead mankind into a better world? : The technological society : The dangers of the doctrine of progress / Aldous Huxley ; The organization of human beings / Harrison Brown -- Utopias and anti-utopias : Brave new world / Aldous Huxley ; Comments on brave new world fifteen years later / Aldous Huxley ; Walden two / B. F. Skinner -- The scientific view of man : Comments on Walden two / Floyd W. Matson ; Matter, mind, and man / Edmund W. Sinnott ; Free will / Loren Eiseley ; Our altered conception of ourselves / Archibald MacLeish ; The future of man / Julian Huxley ; Epilogue / George Gaylord Simpson.

LCCN

79083033

OCLC

• ocm00064412
• 64412
• SCSB-163918

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library