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Human Natures:Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect
[Paperback - 2001]
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Category: Science
Sub-category: Life Sciences
Additional Category: Anthropology
Publisher: Penguin Books | ISBN: 9780142000533 | Pages: 544
Shipping Weight: .589 | Dimensions: 6.03 x 1.19 x 9.21 inches

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us...at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much result of genetic coding; rather, it is heavily influenced by cultural conditioning and environmental factors. With personal anecdotes, a well-written narrative, and clear examples, Human Natures is a major work of synthesis and scholarship as well as a valuable primer on genetics and evolution that makes complex scientific concepts accessible to lay readers.

Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera (butterflies), but he is better known as an ecologist and a demographer, specifically for his warnings about unchecked population growth and limited resources. Ehrlich became a household name after publication of his controversial 1968 bookThe Population Bomb.

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