Evaluating Darwin’s Book on the Descent of Man

Evolution

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Leigh, Egbert¹ 

[1] Baltimore

关键词: Human ancestry;    Hominin diversification;    How intelligence enables morality;    Interdependence;    Group selection and morality;    Selection by reputation;    Social Darwinism;    Intertribal competition;    Colonialism;    Races and racism;    Darwin’s social prejudices;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12052-021-00149-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This is a review of A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution, edited by Jeremy DeSilva. The book has ten chapters, the first seven evaluating and updating the seven chapters of The Descent of Man, the eighth outlining Darwin’s theory of sexual selection, the ninth criticizing Darwin’s view of how sexual selection shaped human racial divergence, and the tenth summarizing hominin diversification.

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