Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies by Wilson, Edward O.

Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies

Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and...
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Author: Edward O. Wilson
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Language: English
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Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies by Wilson, Edward O.

Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies

€39,67

Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies

€39,67
Author: Edward O. Wilson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and that the human body and mind have a physical base obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry, Genesis demonstrates that the only way for us to fully understand human behavior is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, Wilson demonstrates that at least seventeen--among them the African naked mole rat and the sponge- dwelling shrimp--have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism and cooperation.

Whether writing about midges who "dance about like acrobats" or schools of anchovies who protectively huddle "to appear like a gigantic fish," or proposing that human society owes a debt of gratitude to "postmenopausal grandmothers" and "childless homosexuals," Genesis is a pithy yet path-breaking work of evolutionary theory, braiding twenty-first-century scientific theory with the lyrical biological and humanistic observations for which Wilson is known.



Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/19/2019
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781631495540


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 110
Publishers Weekly 11/12/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2018 pg. 115
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 24

About the Author
Wilson, Edward O.: - Edward O. Wilson is the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Conquest of Nature. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lives with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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