03250nam a2200445 a 4500 EBC647442 MiAaPQ 20250821112754.0 m o d | cr cn||||||||| 100827s2011 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2010037126 9780521762113 (hardback) 9780521745093 (pbk.) 9780511989131 (electronic bk.) (MiAaPQ)EBC647442 (Au-PeEL)EBL647442 (CaPaEBR)ebr10442817 (CaONFJC)MIL305546 (OCoLC)700706286 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ QH366.2 .R88 2011 576.8 22 Russell, Edmund, 1957- 307379 Evolutionary history [electronic resource] : uniting history and biology to understand life on Earth / Edmund Russell. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. xxi, 216 p. Studies in environment and history Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Matters of life and death; 2. Evolution's visible hands; 3. Hunting and fishing; 4. Eradication; 5. Altering environments; 6. Evolution revolution; 7. Intentional evolution; 8. Co-evolution; 9. Evolution of the industrial revolution; 10. History of technology; 11. Environmental history; 12. Conclusion; Glossary. "This book introduces a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past"-- Provided by publisher. "We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evolutionary history, a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past than either can produce on its own. Evolutionary history can stimulate surprising new hypotheses for any field of history and evolutionary biology. How many art historians would have guessed that sculpture encouraged the evolution of tuskless elephants? How many biologists would have predicted that human poverty would accelerate animal evolution? How many military historians would have suspected that plant evolution would convert a counter-insurgency strategy into a rebel subsidy? With examples from around the globe, this book will help readers see the broadest patterns of history and the details of their own life in a new light"-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Evolution (Biology) 35513 Evolution History. 307380 Electronic books. 35142 ProQuest (Firm) 307381 Studies in environment and history. 307382 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=647442 Click to View 267145 267145