The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the debates that have engaged, divided, and ultimately provoked scientists to ponder the origins of organisms—including humankind—paying regard to the nineteenth-century clash over the nature of classification and debates about the fossil record, genetics, and human nature. Much attention is paid to external factors and the underlying motives of scientists.
The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the debates that have engaged, divided, and ultimately provoked scientists to ponder the origins of organisms—including humankind—paying regard to the nineteenth-century clash over the nature of classification and debates about the fossil record, genetics, and human nature. Much attention is paid to external factors and the underlying motives of scientists.
Foreword, Edward O. Wilson Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Monad to Man: The Birth of the Idea 2. Mystery of Mysteries: The Legacy of Charles Darwin 3. Modified Monkeys: Evolution as Religion 4. The New World: Darwin in America 5. Cold War Warriors: Darwinism and Genetics 6. In the Beginning: The Origin of Life 7. "Going the Whole Orang": Human Origins 8. Genetic Determinism? Human Sociobiology Arrives 9. Challenges to Orthodoxy: Alternatives to Darwinism 10. Ultimate Questions: Science and Religion Epilogue References Chronology Glossary Illustration Credits and Permissions Index
Foreword, Edward O. Wilson Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Monad to Man: The Birth of the Idea 2. Mystery of Mysteries: The Legacy of Charles Darwin 3. Modified Monkeys: Evolution as Religion 4. The New World: Darwin in America 5. Cold War Warriors: Darwinism and Genetics 6. In the Beginning: The Origin of Life 7. "Going the Whole Orang": Human Origins 8. Genetic Determinism? Human Sociobiology Arrives 9. Challenges to Orthodoxy: Alternatives to Darwinism 10. Ultimate Questions: Science and Religion Epilogue References Chronology Glossary Illustration Credits and Permissions Index
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