A most interesting problem: What Darwin's descent of man got right and wrong about human evolutionJeremyDeSilvaPrinceton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (2021) ISBN 9780691191140

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles C. Roseman
Keyword(s):  
Interesting Problem ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Descent Of Man

scholarly journals Evaluating Darwin’s Book on the Descent off Man

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Egbert Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Interesting Problem ◽  
Descent Of Man

AbstractThis is a review of A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution, edited by Jeremy DeSilva. The book has ten chapters, the first seven evaluating and updating the seven chapters of The Descent of Man, the eighth outlining Darwin’s theory of sexual selection, the ninth criticizing Darwin’s view of how sexual selection shaped human racial divergence, and the tenth summarizing hominin diversification.

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