Living in a dangerous climate : climate change and human evolution

The Resource Living in a dangerous climate : climate change and human evolution
Label
Living in a dangerous climate : climate change and human evolution
Title remainder
climate change and human evolution
Statement of responsibility
Renée Hetherington
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Living in a Dangerous Climate provides a journey through human and Earth history, showing how a changing climate has affected human evolution and society. Is it possible for humanity to evolve quickly, or is slow, gradual, genetic evolution the only way we change? Why did all other Homo species go extinct while Homo sapiens became dominant? How did agriculture, domestication, and the use of fossil fuels affect humanity's growing dominance? Do today's dominant societies--devoted as they are to Darwinism and 'survival of the fittest'--contribute to our current failure to meet the hazards of a dangerous climate? Unique and thought provoking, the book links scientific knowledge and perspectives of evolution, climate change, and economics in a way that is accessible and exciting for the general reader. The book is also valuable for courses on climate change, human evolution, and environmental science.--Publisher information
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 599.9/5
  • 599.938
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
GF71
LC item number
.H484 2012
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
GF71
NAL item number
.H484 2012
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2013 F-097
  • GF 71
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