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Dylan Evans and Howard Selina " Evolution: A Graphic Guide" (Icon Books)
A brief, clear overview of evolution and natural selection. I am glad there was a commentary on contrarian positions on the validity of evolution such as creationism and intelligent design, both spurious, and to me infuriating, attempts to cloak religious dogma as science. The section on altruism as an evolutionary phenomenon is well-explained as is the evolutionary utility of ethics, morality and even superstition, and whether these memes are like genes or viruses. I found this part of the book most fascinating and from a philosophical viewpoint something i would like to explore further.
A brief, clear overview of evolution and natural selection. I am glad there was a commentary on contrarian positions on the validity of evolution such as creationism and intelligent design, both spurious, and to me infuriating, attempts to cloak religious dogma as science. The section on altruism as an evolutionary phenomenon is well-explained as is the evolutionary utility of ethics, morality and even superstition, and whether these memes are like genes or viruses. I found this part of the book most fascinating and from a philosophical viewpoint something i would like to explore further.
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