Future Humans, Scott Solomon
Future Humans, Scott Solomon
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Future Humans
Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution

Author: Scott Solomon

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/25/2016

Synopsis

In this intriguing book, evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon draws on the explosion of discoveries in recent years to examine the future evolution of our species. Combining knowledge of our past with current trends, Solomon offers convincing evidence that evolutionary forces still affect us today. But how will modernization—including longer lifespans, changing diets, global travel, and widespread use of medicine and contraceptives—affect our evolutionary future?

Solomon presents an entertaining and accessible review of the latest research on human evolution in modern times, drawing on fields from genomics to medicine and the study of our microbiome. Surprising insights, on topics ranging from the rise of online dating and Cesarean sections to the spread of diseases such as HIV and Ebola, suggest that we are entering a new phase in human evolutionary history—one that makes the future less predictable and more interesting than ever before.

About Scott Solomon

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist and science writer. He teaches ecology, evolutionary biology, and scientific communication at Rice University, where he is a Professor in the Practice in the Department of BioSciences. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dannii

I received this in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. Thank you to the author, Scott Solomon, and the publisher, Yale University Press, for this opportunity. A book exploring the past evolutionary process and future possible evolution of the the human species might not sound appealing to a......more

Goodreads review by Joy

Interesting book with insights into human evolution. Not groundbreaking, but accessible for the armchair scientist. The title is mildly misleading - only the last 3-4 pages touch on the future possibilities for human evolution. I would have liked to have seen more on how modern life (e.g., medicine,......more

Goodreads review by Menglong

Despite the title referring to future humans, the author only spends a chapter or two discussing it; but I can understand why he needs to use this method because we would not be able to predict or make sense of the future while the history left undiscovered. The book starts with the reluctance of evo......more

Goodreads review by Paul

I recently took a Great Courses lecture course on DVD by this author, and I thought this book was going to lend some insight into how we humans are still evolving and make some predictions about our future species. The book dealt more with if we are evolving and did not make bold predictions about t......more

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