Human Evolution Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies
Human Evolution: Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies by Graeme Finlay, published by Cambridge University Press on August 12, 2021, spans 371 pages and is presented in English. This book explores the ongoing controversy surrounding human evolution, leveraging insights from the human genome project and genetic sequencing of various species to clarify our evolutionary relationships with other mammals. It identifies and explains a range of genetic markers, including endogenous retroviruses and gene-disabling mutations, that contribute to our understanding of human biology.
Readers will find a comprehensive examination of how these genetic tools illuminate the origins of various human biological features, such as placental structure and susceptibility to diseases like gout and cancer. The book synthesizes a decade’s worth of research, presenting a compelling argument for the mammalian ancestry of humans. It is aimed at professional scientists and students in the biological and biomedical sciences, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the fields of evolution, genetics, and biology.
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Controversy over human evolution remains widespread. However, the human genome project and genetic sequencing of many other species have provided myriad precise and unambiguous genetic markers that establish our evolutionary relationships with other mammals. Human Evolution: Genes, Genealogies and Phylogenies identifies and explains these identifiable, rare and complex markers including endogenous retroviruses, genome-modifying transposable elements, gene-disabling mutations, segmental duplications and gene-enabling mutations. The new genetic tools also provide fascinating insights into when and how many features of human biology arose: from aspects of placental structure, vitamin C dependence and trichromatic vision, to tendencies to gout, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Bringing together a decade’s worth of research and tying it together to provide an overwhelming argument for the mammalian ancestry of the human species, the book will be of interest to professional scientists and students in both the biological and biomedical sciences.
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