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The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change

by Stephen R Palumbi

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Evolution is not merely the process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years. It also happens rapidly, so quickly and so frequently that it changes how all of us live our lives. Drugs fail because diseases like HIV and tuberculosis evolve in a matter of months, neatly sidestepping pharmacology. Insects adapt and render harmless the most powerful pesticides in a matter of years, not centuries. While the ecological impact of human technology has been well publicized, the evolutionary consequences of antibiotic and antiviral use, insecticide applications, and herbicide bioengineering have been largely unexplored. In The Evolution Explosion, Stephen R. Palumbi examines these practical and critical aspects of modern evolution with a simple, yet forceful style that contains both an urgent message and a sense of humor.

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While the ecological impact of human technology has been well publicized, the evolutionary consequences of antibiotic and antiviral use have been largely unexplored. Palumbi examines these practical and critical aspects of modern evolution with a simple, yet forceful style that contains both an urgent message and a sense of humor.
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ISBN:
9780393323382
Subtitle:
How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change
Author:
Palumbi, Stephen R.
Author:
Palumbi, Stephen R.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
Nature
Subject:
Evolution
Subject:
Breeding
Subject:
Evolution (Biology)
Subject:
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Subject:
Pesticide resistance.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Evolution
Subject:
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Edition Description:
1st Norton paperback ed.
Series Volume:
no. 164
Publication Date:
August 2002
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.28x5.48x.73 in. .59 lbs.
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