The social conqeust of earth
By: Edward O. Wilson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Liveright Pub. Corporation; Liveright Pub. Corp.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780871404138
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Philosophy; Social evolution; Human evolution
Description: From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: [pt.] 1.; title: Why does advanced social life exist?; title: The human condition; title: [pt.] 2.; title: Where do we come from?; title: The two paths to conquest; title: The approach; title: The arrival; title: Threading the evolutionary maze; title: The creative forces; title: Tribalism is a fundamental human trait; title: War as humanity's hereditary curse; title: The breakout; title: The creative explosion; title: The sprint to civilization; title: [pt.] 3.; title: How social insects conquered the invertebrate world.; title: The invention of eusociality; title: Inventions that advanced the social insects; title: [pt.] 4.; title: The forces of social evolution.; title: The scientific dilemma of rarity; title: Insect altruism and eusociality explained; title: Insects take the giant leap; title: How natural selection creates social instincts; title: The forces of social evolution; title: The emergence of a new theory of eusociality; title: [pt.] 5.; title: What are we?; title: What is human nature?; title: How culture evolved; title: The origins of language; title: The evolution of cultural variation; title: The origins of morality and honor; title: The origins of religion; title: The origins of the creative arts; title: [pt.] 6.; title: Where are we going?; title: A new enlightenment