Human success : evolutionary origins and ethical implications /

"The concept of evolutionary success is not merely a quantifiable causal-descriptive concept, but has a strong ethical-normative component as well. Herein lies the danger: in reflecting on the success of a species, we need to carefully consider whether we are just exporting our anthropocentric...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Desmond, Hugh (Philosopher) (Editor), Ramsey, Grant, 1972- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the manifold challenges to understanding human success / Hugh Desmond and Grant Ramsey
  • Evolutionary success : standards of value / Dan McShea
  • Human success : a contextual and pluralistic view / Marion Hourdequin
  • Human success as a complex of autonomy, adaptation, and niche construction / Bernd Rosslenbroich
  • The origin and evolution of human uniqueness / Geerat Vermeij
  • Wanderlust : a view from deep time of dispersal, persistence, and human success / Susan Antón
  • Culture as a life-history character : the cognitive continuum in primates and hominins / Matt Grove
  • A gene-culture coevolutionary perspective on human success / Kathryn Demps and Peter Richerson
  • Anthropocene patterns in stratigraphy as a perspective on human success / Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Colin Waters
  • Utter success and extensive inequity : assessing processes, patterns, and outcomes of the human niche in the anthropocene / Agustín Fuentes
  • Adaptability and the continuation of human origins / Richard Potts.