Future of Human Evolution

By (author) Rene J. Herrera,Ralph Garcia-Bertrand

ISBN13: 9780443289194

Imprint: Academic Press Inc

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 24/02/2026

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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.
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
  • Molecular biology
  • Professional & Vocational
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