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Book SynopsisWhat do we think about when we think about human evolution? This book explores our scientific narrative of human origins - the study of evolution - and examines its cultural elements and theoretical foundations.
Trade Review"Marks's book is a wise and witty analysis of how science and culture are inextricably intertwined as we compose and narrate the science of who we are and where we came from, and it permits us to make just a bit more sense of the science." -- Candida Moss The Daily Beast "Great book ... very much worth the read." -- Greg Laden Greg Laden's Blog "A well-written text ... Recommended." CHOICE connect "This was the kind of subject that excited greats like Paul Ricoeur, Martin Buber, and Hans Jonas. But unlike the occasionally tortured prose of these admittedly brilliant thinkers, Marks' books are to the point, funny even... The reading is easy; even the most difficult subjects in molecular biology and philosophy are handled with wit and the minimum of jargon." Science & Education
Table of ContentsPreface 1. Science 2. History and Morality 3. Evolutionary Concepts 4. How to Think about Evolution Non-reductively 5. How Our Ancestors Transgressed the Boundaries of Apehood 6. Human Evolution as Bio-cultural Evolution 7. Human Nature/Culture Notes Index
