The social conquest of earth
From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.
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Liveright Pub. Corporation,
c2012.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The social conquest of earth / |c Edward O. Wilson. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Liveright Pub. Corporation, |c c2012. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 330 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition -- Where do we come from? The two paths to conquest ; The approach ; The arrival ; Threading the evolutionary maze ; The creative forces ; Tribalism is a fundamental human trait ; War as humanity's hereditary curse ; The breakout ; The creative explosion ; The sprint to civilization -- How social insects conquered the invertebrate world. The invention of eusociality ; Inventions that advanced the social insects -- The forces of social evolution. The scientific dilemma of rarity ; Insect altruism and eusociality explained ; Insects tale the giant leap ; Now natural selection creates social instincts ; The forces of social evolution ; The emergence of a new theory of eusociality -- What are we? What is human nature? ; How culture evolved ; The origins of language ; The evolution of cultural variation ; The origins of morality and honor ; The origins of religion ; The origins of the creative arts -- Where are we going? A new Enlightenment. | |
| 520 | |a From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Social evolution |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human evolution |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Evolution (Biology) |x Philosophy. | |
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