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Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies

Autor Edward O. Wilson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 feb 2020
'WithGenesis, Wilson inspires awe ... His message is that selection has shaped a society that is characterized by cooperation and division of labour'Nature

Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? InGenesis, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual reproduction to the development of language itself.

The only way for us to fully understand human behaviour, Wilson argues, is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, he demonstrates that at least seventeen - from the African naked mole rat and the sponge-dwelling shrimp to one of the oldest species on earth, the termite - have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism, cooperation and the division of labour. These rare eusocial species form the prehistory to our human social patterns, even, according to Wilson, suggesting the possible biological benefits of homosexuality and elderly grandmothers.

Whether writing about midges who dance about like acrobats, schools of anchovies who protectively huddle to appear like a gigantic fish or well-organised flocks becoming potentially immortal,Genesisis a pathbreaking work of evolutionary theory filled with lyrical observations. It will make us rethink how we became who we are.
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ISBN-13: 9780141990231
ISBN-10: 0141990236
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Edward O. Wilsonis widely recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than thirty books, includingConsilience,The Diversity of Life,The Social Conquest of Earth,The Meaning of Human ExistenceandLetters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Amagisterial historyof social evolution... Alucid, concise overviewof human evolution that focuses on the true source of our pre-eminence: the ability to work together
Engaging. . . Wilsoninspires awewith narratives about evolution and animal societies.
In hischaracteristically clear, succinct and elegant prose, one of our grand masters of synthesis, E. O. Wilson, here explains no less than the origin of human society.
Genesisis abeautifully clear accountof a question that has lain unsolved at the core of biology ever since Darwin: how can natural selection produce individuals so altruistic that, rather than breeding themselves, they help others to do so? In elegant, simple language Edward O. Wilson distills amagisterial knowledge of animal diversityinto an unambiguous argument that the solution is group selection.Rich in accounts of extraordinary societies,Genesisis the ideal introduction to a problem of enduring fascination.
Endlessly fascinating, Edward O. Wilson-in the tradition of Darwin-plumbs the depths of human evolution in a most readable fashion without sacrificing scholarly rigor.