How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society is an excellent collection of essays that focus on evolutionary biology as it pertains to humans and modern society. The book is “an abridged and updated follow-up to The Princeton Guide to Evolution” and focuses on just 22 of the 107 chapters from the original. The 22 chapters chosen for this volume from the more comprehensive collection were revised and selected because they “have particular relevance to humans and modern society.” In addition, a new chapter focused on evolutionary resilience to climate change was written solely for this collection.

Each of five parts tackles a different issue of the evolution of humans and society. Part I, “Biological Foundations,” focuses on the basics of evolution, including the introductory “What is Evolution?” (Ch. 2), and the foundations of human evolution (Ch. 3), including cooperation and conflict (Ch. 4), behavioral ecology (Ch....

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