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BL
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875600
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Génétique du péché originel.English
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De Duve, Christian
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Genetics of Original Sin : : the Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity /\ Christian de Duve with Neil Patterson ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.
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New Haven [Conn.] :: Yale University Press ;Paris :: Éditions Odile Jacob,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xxvii, 223 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0300168713
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0300165072
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0300182724
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9780300165074
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9780300182729
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"Published in association with Éditions Odile Jacob"--Preliminary page.
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Includes index.
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Translation of: Génétique du péché originel: le poids du passé sur l'avenir de la vie. 2009.
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| Contents
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Foreword / by Edward O. Wilson -- pt. I. The history of life on earth. The unity of life -- The origin of life -- The evolution of life -- pt. II. The mechanisms of life. Metabolism -- Reproduction -- Development -- Natural selection -- Other evolutionary mechanisms -- pt. III. The human adventure. The emergence of humans -- Making the human brain -- Shaping our genes -- The cost of success -- Original sin -- pt. IV. The challenges of the future. Option 1 : do nothing -- Option 2 : improve our genes -- Option 3 : rewire the brain -- Option 4 : call on religions -- Option 5 : protect the environment -- Option 6 : give women a chance -- Option 7 : control population -- Epilogue.
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Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of human kind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve has pondered the future of life on this planet. Focusing on the process of natural selection, de Duve explores the inordinate and now dangerous rise of humankind.--[book jacket].
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Genetics.
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Life (Biology)
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Life-- Origin.
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Natural selection.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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Twenty-first century, Forecasts.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Genetics.
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Life (Biology)
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Life-- Origin.
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Natural selection.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Genetics Genomics.
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Twenty-first century.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.8
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QH325.D41313 2010
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Patterson, Neil, (Executive)
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