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The social conquest of earth / Edward Wilson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2012Description: 330 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780871403636
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • FIC .W55 2012
Contents:
I. Why does advanced social life exist? -- II. Where do we come from? -- III. How social insects conquered the invertebrate world -- IV. The forces of social evolution -- V. What are we? -- VI. Where are we going?.
Summary: Refashioning the story of human evolution, Edward O. Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to demonstrate that group selection, not kin selection, is the premier driving force of human evolution. In a work that James D. Watson calls "a monumental exploration of the biological origins of the human condition," Wilson explains how our innate drive to belong to a group is "both a great blessing and a terrible curse" (Smithsonian magazine). Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, the renowned Harvard biologist presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth's biosphere.
Item type: Books - Fiction
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Books - Fiction Books - Fiction National University - Manila LRC - Annex Fiction Fiction FIC .W55 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000010813

Includes index.

I. Why does advanced social life exist? -- II. Where do we come from? -- III. How social insects conquered the invertebrate world -- IV. The forces of social evolution -- V. What are we? -- VI. Where are we going?.

Refashioning the story of human evolution, Edward O. Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to demonstrate that group selection, not kin selection, is the premier driving force of human evolution. In a work that James D. Watson calls "a monumental exploration of the biological origins of the human condition," Wilson explains how our innate drive to belong to a group is "both a great blessing and a terrible curse" (Smithsonian magazine). Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, the renowned Harvard biologist presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth's biosphere.

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