Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, "Genes, Mind, and Culture" introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of their original work, together with a major review of progress in the discipline during the ensuing quarter century. They argue compellingly that human nature is neither arbitrary nor predetermined, and identify mechanisms that energize the upward translation from genes to culture. The authors also assess the properties of genetic evolution of mind within emergent cultural patterns. Lumsden and Wilson explore the rich and sophisticated data of developmental psychology and cognitive science in a fashion that, for the first time, aligns these disciplines with human sociobiology. The authors also draw on population genetics, cultural anthropology, and mathematical physics to set human sociobiology on a predictive base, and so trace the main steps that lead from the genes through human consciousness to culture.

爱德华·O·威尔逊（Edward O. Wilson），世界杰出生物学家之一，“社会生物学”奠基人和最早宣传“生物多样性”概念的人之一。他在全世界获得了100多个奖项和荣誉，包括美国国家科学奖章、瑞典皇家科学院颁发的克拉福德奖、日本国际生物学奖，并以著作《论人的本性》（On Human Nature）《蚂蚁》（ The Ants，合著）两次获得普利策非虚构类图书奖。他目前是哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆昆虫馆的名誉馆长兼荣誉研究教授。

查尔斯·J·拉姆斯登（Charles J. Lumsden, 1949— ），多伦多大学医学教授。他的其他著作包括《普罗米修斯之火》（与爱德华·O·威尔逊合著）、《字母表与大脑》（与凯尔克霍弗合著）、《临床方法》（与怀特赛德合著）

刘利，北京大学哲学系科学技术哲学专业博士，大连理工大学哲学系师资博士后出站，研究方向为进化思想史、进化论哲学。中国自然辩证法研究会生物学哲学委员会理事，北京自然辩证法研究会理事。现任教于北方工业大学马克思主义学院原理教研室，从事自然辩证法概论及马克思主义基本原理教学工作。