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Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences
Contributor(s): Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 110845688X     ISBN-13: 9781108456883
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
Dewey: 599.938
LCCN: 2018017450
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.5" W x 9.7" L (2.50 lbs) 564 pages
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Both natural and cultural selection played an important role in shaping human evolution. Since cultural change can itself be regarded as evolutionary, a process of gene-culture coevolution is operative. The study of human evolution - in past, present and future - is therefore not restricted to biology. An inclusive comprehension of human evolution relies on integrating insights about cultural, economic and technological evolution with relevant elements of evolutionary biology. In addition, proximate causes and effects of cultures need to be added to the picture - issues which are at the forefront of social sciences like anthropology, economics, geography and innovation studies. This book highlights discussions on the many topics to which such generalised evolutionary thought has been applied: the arts, the brain, climate change, cooking, criminality, environmental problems, futurism, gender issues, group processes, humour, industrial dynamics, institutions, languages, medicine, music, psychology, public policy, religion, sex, sociality and sports.

Contributor Bio(s): Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M.: - Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh is ICREA Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2007-present), and full Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1997-present). He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions and served on the Netherlands' Energy Council. He is cited more than 17,000 times in Google Scholar, and received the Royal/Shell Prize 2002, IEC's Sant Jordi Environmental Prize 2011 and an ERC Advanced Grant.
 
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