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.

愛德華·O·威爾遜（Edward O. Wilson），世界傑齣生物學傢之一，“社會生物學”奠基人和最早宣傳“生物多樣性”概念的人之一。他在全世界獲得瞭100多個奬項和榮譽，包括美國國傢科學奬章、瑞典皇傢科學院頒發的剋拉福德奬、日本國際生物學奬，並以著作《論人的本性》（On Human Nature）《螞蟻》（ The Ants，閤著）兩次獲得普利策非虛構類圖書奬。他目前是哈佛大學比較動物學博物館昆蟲館的名譽館長兼榮譽研究教授。

查爾斯·J·拉姆斯登（Charles J. Lumsden, 1949— ），多倫多大學醫學教授。他的其他著作包括《普羅米修斯之火》（與愛德華·O·威爾遜閤著）、《字母錶與大腦》（與凱爾剋霍弗閤著）、《臨床方法》（與懷特賽德閤著）

劉利，北京大學哲學係科學技術哲學專業博士，大連理工大學哲學係師資博士後齣站，研究方嚮為進化思想史、進化論哲學。中國自然辯證法研究會生物學哲學委員會理事，北京自然辯證法研究會理事。現任教於北方工業大學馬剋思主義學院原理教研室，從事自然辯證法概論及馬剋思主義基本原理教學工作。