The Future of Human Evolution

Herrera, Rene J./ Garcia-Bertrand, Ralph

Academic Press Inc（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 500 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780443289194

Full Description

The Future of Human Evolution provides a discussion of how cultural, biological and microevolutionary (drift, selection, and mutation) pressures might affect our future as a species. The book is split into twelve chapters, beginning with evolutionary forecasting, and gene and culture coevolution. It then discusses life expectancy and population growth, followed by chapters on mutation rates, climate change and diet. This book also explores artificial selection and 'designer babies', trans-humanism and artificial intelligence (machine-human symbiosis), inequality and the colonization of space. The Future of Human Evolution serves as a valuable resource for both researchers and students studying human evolution and human population genetics, as well as non-academics with an interest in human evolution.

Contents

1. Evolutionary Forecasting
2. Gene and culture coevolution
3. Life expectancy and population growth past, present, and future
4. Mutation rates, the Evolution of new genes and the role of epigenetics in evolution
5. Climate change and ecological collapse
6. Diet
7. Sex selection
8. Artificial selection and designer babies
9. Trans-humanism and artificial intelligence
10. Artificial intelligence
11. Political unrest and inequality
12. Space Colonization