作者简介格雷戈里·柯克伦(Gregory Cochran),犹大大学学者,主要研究物理学和人类学。
亨利·哈本丁(Henry Harpending),犹大大学学者,在人类学和人口遗传学方面有很高的建树,美国国家科学院成员。
A manifesto for and an example of a new kind of history, a biological history, and not just of the prehistoric era Scientists have long believed that the 'great leap forward' that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked the end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunning account of our evolutionary history, top scholars Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending reject this conventional wisdom and reveal that the human species has undergone a storm of genetic change much more recently. Human evolution in fact accelerated after civilisation arose, they contend, and these ongoing changes have played a pivotal role in human history. They argue that biology explains the expansion of the Indo-Europeans, the European conquest of the Americas, and European Jews' rise to intellectual prominence. In each of these cases, the key was recent genetic change: adult milk tolerance in the early Indo-Europeans that allowed for a new way of life, increased disease resistance among the Europeans settling America, and new versions of neurological genes among European Jews. Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, Cochran and Harpending's analysis demonstrates convincingly that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. A provocative and fascinating look at human evolution, "The 10,000 Year Explosion" reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race.
正如卢梭所言:人生而自由,然而无往不在枷锁之中。 对于一个人,肉体是我们的枷锁。对于一个物种,遗传物质(DNA)是我们的枷锁。 从文化角度,否认这种枷锁或许是一种进步,或者说是从过去痛苦经验带来的反省。但从科学角度来说却是政治正确带来的新的枷锁。 列维-斯特劳斯《...
评分达尔文的进化论提出至今已有一百五十多年,它有两点伟大之处,一是击碎了宗教中“神造万物”的神话,二是将人类置于同其他生物一样的进化历程当中。 如今,绝大多数人对生命起源早已有了共识,但学界一般对人类的进化还放不下“妄自尊大”的架子。应该说,这种“妄自尊大”也并...
评分 评分达尔文的进化论提出至今已有一百五十多年,它有两点伟大之处,一是击碎了宗教中“神造万物”的神话,二是将人类置于同其他生物一样的进化历程当中。 如今,绝大多数人对生命起源早已有了共识,但学界一般对人类的进化还放不下“妄自尊大”的架子。应该说,这种“妄自尊大”也并...
评分达尔文的进化论提出至今已有一百五十多年,它有两点伟大之处,一是击碎了宗教中“神造万物”的神话,二是将人类置于同其他生物一样的进化历程当中。 如今,绝大多数人对生命起源早已有了共识,但学界一般对人类的进化还放不下“妄自尊大”的架子。应该说,这种“妄自尊大”也并...
对我来说,读起来缺少惊喜。但还是值得一看。
评分对我来说,读起来缺少惊喜。但还是值得一看。
评分硬着头皮读完
评分读了20%,觉得上当受骗。不是说写得不好,而是推荐的人说是反驳钻石大叔的guns, germs, and steels,可人家那本是通俗读物,这本专业性太强了。
评分怎么办我觉得我被说服了……从此我就要以一个政治不正确的人的身份度过余生了(>_<)
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