Publisher's Synopsis
Humans are adaptive creatures. We are constantly conforming and shapeshifting to fit the circumstances and conditions of our environment. Here, we confront the realities of evolution through the examination of a unique feature, adaptability. In doing so, we look at some of the ways in which the natural world provides as with a range of examples that pertain to the resilience, survival, and reproduction of species. But at the same time, this feature of adaptability crosses boundaries into more sophisticated parts of our life including the ways in which we interact with the inanimate parts of our environment as well as species of plants, animals, and microorganisms. It is interesting to note the effect that we, as a cultural species, are having on the environment and the ways in which the environment comes back to affect us. This crosstalk is the topic of this anthology and a way in which we organize and cultivate growth and maturity, as a species.
