Sex, Gender, Ethics and the Darwinian Evolution of Mankind: 150 Years of Darwin’s ’Descent of Man’

Sex, Gender, Ethics, and the Darwinian Evolution of Humanity examines the impact of Darwin’s ’Descent of Man’ on contemporary biology and the humanities.

Michel Veuille is honorary Professor at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences Lettres (PSL) France, Chair of Integrative population biology. As a geneticist he studied sexual selection, then worked in molecular population genetics under the direction of Richard Lewontin. His research focused on the molecular characterization of natural selection in populations. As a historian he worked with Jean Gayon on the history of population genetics.