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Genetics of original sin : the impact of natural selection on the future of humanity / Christian de Duve with Neil Patterson ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.

Title
Genetics of original sin : the impact of natural selection on the future of humanity / Christian de Duve with Neil Patterson ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.
Author
De Duve, Christian
Publication
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Patterson, Neil.
Description
xxvii, 223 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of human kind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve has pondered the future of life on this planet. Focusing on the process of natural selection, de Duve explores the inordinate and now dangerous rise of humankind.--[book jacket]
Uniform Title
Génétique du péché originel. English
Alternative Title
Génétique du péché originel.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Forecasts
Note
  • "Published in association with Éditions Odile Jacob."
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / by Edward O. Wilson -- pt. I. The history of life on earth. The unity of life -- The origin of life -- The evolution of life -- pt. II. The mechanisms of life. Metabolism -- Reproduction -- Development -- Natural selection -- Other evolutionary mechanisms -- pt. III. The human adventure. The emergence of humans -- Making the human brain -- Shaping our genes -- The cost of success -- Original sin -- pt. IV. The challenges of the future. Option 1 : do nothing -- Option 2 : improve our genes -- Option 3 : rewire the brain -- Option 4 : call on religions -- Option 5 : protect the environment -- Option 6 : give women a chance -- Option 7 : control population -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780300165074 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 0300165072 (clothbound : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010029161
OCLC
  • 601349031
  • SCSB-9971269
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library