How Long to Read The Taming of Evolution

How Long Does it Take to Read The Taming of Evolution?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read The Taming of Evolution by Davydd Greenwood

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The theory of evolution has clearly altered our views of the biological world, but in the study of human beings, evolutionary and preevolutionary views continue to coexist in a state of perpetual tension. The Taming of Evolution addresses the questions of how and why this is so. Davydd Greenwood offers a sustained critique of the nature/nurture debate, revealing the complexity of the relationship between science and ideology. He maintains that popular contemporary theories, most notably E. O. Wilson’s human sociobiology and Marvin Harris’s cultural materialism, represent pre-Darwinian notions overlaid by elaborate evolutionary terminology. Greenwood first details the humoral-environmental and Great Chain of Being theories that dominated Western thinking before Darwin. He systematically compares these ideas with those later influenced by Darwin’s theories, illuminating the surprising continuities between them. Greenwood suggests that it would be neither difficult nor socially dangerous to develop a genuinely evolutionary understanding of human beings, so long as we realized that we could not derive political and moral standards from the study of biological processes.

How long is The Taming of Evolution?

The Taming of Evolution by Davydd Greenwood is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Taming of Evolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read The Taming of Evolution aloud.

What Reading Level is The Taming of Evolution?

The Taming of Evolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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