The Human Condition is a collection of papers by leading
evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science that reflect on
the Darwinian Revolution as it relates to the human condition at
levels ranging from the molecular to the theological. The book
focuses on understanding the evolutionary origin of humans and
their biological and cultural traits. The Human Condition is
organized into three parts: Human Phylogenetic History and the
Paleontological Record; Structure and Function of the Human Genome;
and Cultural Evolution and the Uniqueness of Being Human. This
fourth volume from the In the Light of Evolution (ILE) series,
based on a series of Arthur M. Sackler colloquia, was designed to
promote the evolutionary sciences. Each volume explores
evolutionary perspectives on a particular biological topic that is
scientifically intriguing but also has special relevance to
contemporary societal issues or challenges. Individually and
collectively, the ILE series interprets phenomena in various areas
of biology through the lens of evolution, addresses some of the
most intellectually engaging as well as pragmatically important
societal issues of our times, and fosters a greater appreciation of
evolutionary biology as a consolidating foundation for the life
sciences. Table of Contents Front Matter PART I: HUMAN PHYLOGENETIC
HISTORY AND THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD 1 Reconstructing Human
Evolution: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities--Bernard
Wood 2 Terrestrial Apes and Phylogenetic Trees--Juan Luis Arsuaga 3
Phylogenomic Evidence of Adaptive Evolution in the Ancestry of
Humans-Morris Goodman and Kirstin N. Sterner 4 Human Adaptations to
Diet, Subsistence, and Ecoregion Are Due to Subtle Shifts in Allele
Frequency--Angela M. Hancock, David B. Witonsky, Edvard Ehler,
Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, Cynthia Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, Rem
Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan Pritchard, Graham Coop, and Anna
Di Rienzo 5 Working Toward a Synthesis of Archaeological,
Linguistic, and Genetic Data for Inferring African Population
History--Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, and Sarah A. Tishkoff
PART II: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN GENOME 6 Uniquely
Human Evolution of Sialic Acid Genetics and Biology--Ajit Varki 7
Bioenergetics, the Origins of Complexity, and the Ascent of
Man-Douglas C. Wallace 8 Genome-wide Patterns of Population
Structure and Admixture Among Hispanic/Latino
Populations--Katarzyna Bryc, Christopher Velez, Tatiana Karafet,
Andres Moreno-Estrada, Andy Reynolds, Adam Auton, Michael Hammer,
Carlos D. Bustamante, and Harry Ostrer 9 Human Skin Pigmentation as
an Adaptation to UV Radiation--Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin
10 Footprints of Nonsentient Design Inside the Human Genome--John
C. Avise PART III: CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF BEING
HUMAN 11 How Grandmother Effects Plus Individual Variation in
Frailty Shape Fertility and Mortality: Guidance from
Human-Chimpanzee Comparisons--Kristen Hawkes 12 Gene-Culture
Coevolution in the Age of Genomics--Peter J. Richerson, Robert
Boyd, and Joseph Henrich 13 The Cognitive Niche: Coevolution of
Intelligence, Sociality, and Language--Steven Pinker 14 A Role for
Relaxed Selection in the Evolution of the Language
Capacity--Terrence W. Deacon 15 Adaptive Specializations, Social
Exchange, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence--Leda Cosmides,
H. Clark Barrett, and John Tooby 16 The Difference of Being Human:
Morality--Francisco J. Ayala References Index
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