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The social conquest of earth
Wilson Edwad O
The social conquest of earth - New York Liverlight Publishing Corporation 2012 - 330p
ntents: [pt.] 1. Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition --
[pt.] 2. 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 --
[pt.] 3. How social insects conquered the invertebrate world. The invention of eusociality ; Inventions that advanced the social insects --
[pt.] 4. The forces of social evolution. The scientific dilemma of rarity ; Insect altruism and eusociality explained ; Insects take the giant leap ; How natural selection creates social instincts ; The forces of social evolution ; The emergence of a new theory of eusociality --
[pt.] 5. 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 --
[pt.] 6. Where are we going? A new enlightenment.
9780871404138
1. Sociobiology - Social Evolution - Philosophy2. Human Evolution - Behavior Genetics 3. Social Ecology - Evolutionary Psychology
599.938000 / WIL
The social conquest of earth - New York Liverlight Publishing Corporation 2012 - 330p
ntents: [pt.] 1. Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition --
[pt.] 2. 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 --
[pt.] 3. How social insects conquered the invertebrate world. The invention of eusociality ; Inventions that advanced the social insects --
[pt.] 4. The forces of social evolution. The scientific dilemma of rarity ; Insect altruism and eusociality explained ; Insects take the giant leap ; How natural selection creates social instincts ; The forces of social evolution ; The emergence of a new theory of eusociality --
[pt.] 5. 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 --
[pt.] 6. Where are we going? A new enlightenment.
9780871404138
1. Sociobiology - Social Evolution - Philosophy2. Human Evolution - Behavior Genetics 3. Social Ecology - Evolutionary Psychology
599.938000 / WIL