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Genesis

- The Deep Origin of Societies
Af: Edward O. Wilson Engelsk Paperback

Genesis

- The Deep Origin of Societies
Af: Edward O. Wilson Engelsk Paperback
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''With Genesis, 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? In Genesis, 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, Genesis is 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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''With Genesis, 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? In Genesis, 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, Genesis is 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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 160
ISBN-13: 9780141990231
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141990236
Kategori: Social- & Kulturantropologi
Udg. Dato: 27 feb 2020
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 27 feb 2020
Forfatter(e): Edward O. Wilson
Forfatter(e) Edward O. Wilson

Kategori Social- & Kulturantropologi

ISBN-13 9780141990231

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 160

Udgave

Længde 11mm

Bredde 197mm

Højde 129mm

Udg. Dato 27 feb 2020

Oplagsdato 27 feb 2020

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd