Addresses key questions about the development of evolutionary thinking to explore the interaction between evolutionary theory and its practical applications.
Addresses key questions about the development of evolutionary thinking to explore the interaction between evolutionary theory and its practical applications.
List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Aldo Poiani; Part I. Evolution, Ecology and Conservation: 1. Evolution, missing links and climate change: recent advances in understanding transformational macroevolution John Long; 2. Evolutionary perspectives in conservation genetics Kamal Ibrahim and Roberta Torunsky; Part II. Evolution and Food Production: 3. Evolution in agriculture Steve Wratten, Mark Gillespie and Aldo Poiani; 4. The evolutionary ecology of pollination and the functional biology of agricultural plants Martin Burd, Angelica Martínez Bauer and Mani R. Shrestha; 5. The dawn of Darwinian fishery management Mikko Heino, Adriaan Rijnsdorp and Ulf Dieckmann; Part III. Evolution and Medicine: 6. Evolution: a basic science for medicine Randolph Nesse; 7. Evolutionary insights for immunological interventions Paul W. Ewald and Holly A. Swain Ewald; 8. Neuroevolution and neurodegeneration: two sides of the same coin? Jonathan Foster, Peter Boord and Michael Smith; 9. Evolution, music and neurotherapy Alan Harvey; Part IV. Evolution and Psychology: 10. Antecedents of teenage pregnancy: using an evolutionary perspective in the search for mechanisms David Coall, Tomas E. Dickins and Daniel Nettle; 11. Flourishing and fitness: an evolutionary perspective on health capability Jim Chisholm; Part V. Evolution and Computing: 12. Natural computation: evolving solutions to complex problems David Green; 13. Harnessing the swarm: technological applications of collective intelligence Suzanne Sadedin and Edgar A. Duéñez-Guzmán; Part VI. Evolution and Society: 14. Evolutionary arguments against the de facto re-pathologising of homosexuality Aldo Poiani; 15. Teaching evolution and the nature of science Douglas Futuyma; 16. Evolutionary ideologies Jonathan Marks; 17. Can Darwinism offer existential reassurance at times of personal or social crisis? Michael Ruse; Index.
List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Aldo Poiani; Part I. Evolution, Ecology and Conservation: 1. Evolution, missing links and climate change: recent advances in understanding transformational macroevolution John Long; 2. Evolutionary perspectives in conservation genetics Kamal Ibrahim and Roberta Torunsky; Part II. Evolution and Food Production: 3. Evolution in agriculture Steve Wratten, Mark Gillespie and Aldo Poiani; 4. The evolutionary ecology of pollination and the functional biology of agricultural plants Martin Burd, Angelica Martínez Bauer and Mani R. Shrestha; 5. The dawn of Darwinian fishery management Mikko Heino, Adriaan Rijnsdorp and Ulf Dieckmann; Part III. Evolution and Medicine: 6. Evolution: a basic science for medicine Randolph Nesse; 7. Evolutionary insights for immunological interventions Paul W. Ewald and Holly A. Swain Ewald; 8. Neuroevolution and neurodegeneration: two sides of the same coin? Jonathan Foster, Peter Boord and Michael Smith; 9. Evolution, music and neurotherapy Alan Harvey; Part IV. Evolution and Psychology: 10. Antecedents of teenage pregnancy: using an evolutionary perspective in the search for mechanisms David Coall, Tomas E. Dickins and Daniel Nettle; 11. Flourishing and fitness: an evolutionary perspective on health capability Jim Chisholm; Part V. Evolution and Computing: 12. Natural computation: evolving solutions to complex problems David Green; 13. Harnessing the swarm: technological applications of collective intelligence Suzanne Sadedin and Edgar A. Duéñez-Guzmán; Part VI. Evolution and Society: 14. Evolutionary arguments against the de facto re-pathologising of homosexuality Aldo Poiani; 15. Teaching evolution and the nature of science Douglas Futuyma; 16. Evolutionary ideologies Jonathan Marks; 17. Can Darwinism offer existential reassurance at times of personal or social crisis? Michael Ruse; Index.
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