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.
De Duve, Christian.; Patterson, Neil.
2010
QH325 .D41313 2010 (Mapit)
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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.
Uniform Title Génétique du péché originel. English
ISBN 9780300182729 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0300182724 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780300165074 (alk. paper)
0300165072 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press ; Paris : Éditions Odile Jacob, c2010.
Language English
Description xxvii, 223 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number QH325 .D41313 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 576.8
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]
Note Translation of: Génétique du péché originel: le poids du passé sur l'avenir de la vie. 2009.
"Published in association with Éditions Odile Jacob"--P. preceding t.p.
Includes index.
Added Author Patterson, Neil.
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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.

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