内容简介
人类平均寿命的延长、饮食习惯的改变、跨境旅行的盛行、药物和避孕措施的使用，这些生理现象与行为模式的改变，会在多大程度上左右我们未来的演化？网络约会和剖宫产的推行，艾滋病病毒、埃博拉病毒和其他全球性流行疾病的肆虐传播，各种新兴技术与文化因素都开始加入人类未来的演化历程，这令我们的生命面对更多没有前迹可循的挑战，也使未来前所未有地难以预料。
我们是否还在演化？答案是肯定的。我们将演化成什么样？大家都不敢给出答案。但我们是否真的对人类演化的方向一无所知？现代人类持续的演化又体现在哪些方面？过去的演化历史趋势是否还会延续？是否可以从当下的生物学证据中看出未来演化的某些端倪？为了回答这些问题，作者采访了众多从事相关研究的人类学家、生物学家、遗传学家、医生和心理学家。通过一手采访、实地考察，尝试厘清关于人类未来的演化，我们可以做出哪些预测，又有哪些是我们无法回答的问题。
作者简介
作者斯考特·所罗门，演化生物学家、科普作者，莱斯大学（Rice University）生物学系教授。他开设的生态学、演化生物学等课程，以及主持的各种学术交流活动，广受各国学者和学生们的欢迎与好评。如今，他和妻子、三个孩子，以及一条独眼狗一起生活在得克萨斯州休斯敦市。
译者简介
译者郭怿暄，毕业于北京大学基础医学专业，目前在美国犹他大学从事发育和表观遗传学研究，酷爱阅读科普书籍。
Content introduction
How much of our future evolution will be shaped by changes in physical phenomena and behavioral patterns, such as increased life expectancy, changing eating habits, increased cross-border travel, and the use of drugs and contraception? The introduction of online dating and cesarean sections, the spread of HIV, Ebola and other global pandemics, and various new technologies and cultural factors are beginning to join the future of human evolution, making our lives more unpredictable and unpredictable than ever before.
Are we still evolving? The answer is yes. What will we evolve into? No one dares to give an answer. But are we really in the dark about the direction of human evolution? What are the ways in which modern humans continue to evolve? Will the historical trend of past evolution continue? Can current biological evidence tell us anything about future evolution? To answer these questions, the authors interviewed anthropologists, biologists, geneticists, doctors and psychologists involved in the research. Through first-hand interviews and field visits, we try to clarify what predictions we can make about the future evolution of humanity and what questions we can't answer.
About the author
Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist, science author, and professor of biology at Rice University. His courses on ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as various academic exchange activities, are widely welcomed and praised by scholars and students from all over the world. Today, he lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, three children and a one-eyed dog.
Translator's introduction
Guo, a graduate in basic medicine from Peking University, is studying development and epigenetics at the University of Utah in the United States and an avid reader of popular science books.
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