02393nam a22003498a 4500 CR9780511974267 UkCbUP 20180107143413.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101011s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511974267 (ebook) 9780521762113 (hardback) 9780521745093 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda QH366.2 .R88 2011 576.8 22 Russell, Edmund, author. Evolutionary History : Uniting History and Biology to Understand Life on Earth / [electronic resource] Edmund Russell. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in Environment and History Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). 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. Evolution (Biology) Print version: 9780521762113 Studies in Environment and History. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511974267 Cambridge Books Online 236593 236593