evolution

"Between Man and Beast" by Monte Reel

Joe Donahue — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

The mostly forgotten explorer Paul du Chaillu introduced the world to gorillas. His methods were attacked and his work discredited during his lifetime, but he also experienced fame and redemption.

Author Monte Reel illuminates the little-known tale of the 19th century explorer in his new book Between Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm.

"The Universe Within" by Neil Shubin

Joe Donahue — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000

In his last book, Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human anatomy—our hands, our jaws—and the structures in the fish that first took over land 375 million years ago.

Now, he takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we are the way we are in his new book, The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People. Starting once again with fossils, Shubin turns his gaze skyward. He shows how the entirety of the universe's 14-billion-year history can be seen in our bodies.

"Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame"

Joe Donahue — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:10:10 +0000

We speak with Christopher Boehm about his book, Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame .