how a hatred of slavery shaped Darwin's views on human evolution
Desmond, Adrian J.
2009
A comprehensive biography of Charles Darwin, providing manuscripts, unpublished family correspondence, and diaries that describe how his anti-slavery stand influenced his obsession with human origins.
Argues that the Earth undergoes cycles of climate cooling, which result in population crashes, explaining how humans have had to evolve as a species in order to survive those cycles.
Examines the similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking, exploring how the two ideologies have engaged in a struggle for the privilege of defining human origins, moral values, and the nature of reality.
A lighthearted look at male physiology by geneticist Steve Jones that covers such topics as hormones, the penis, sperm production, hair loss, and the social effects of men and women's physiological differences.
from sex to money to food, taming our primal instincts
Burnham, Terry
2000
Studies the connections between genes and behavior and examines how a person's genes affect their views of themselves and their relationships with each other.
Introduction: who am I? -- Part I: What is man? -- The differences between David and Darwin -- Fossil record facts -- A scientific creation model -- Part II: The song of science -- It's all in the genes -- Bones and stones -- The best possible time -- How the fountain of youth ran dry -- People on the move -- Is human evolution a fact? -- Bipedalism and brain size -- Who was Turkana boy? -- Who were the Neanderthals? -- What about chimpanzees? -- What about "junk" DNA? -- Mankind's identity materializes.