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Genesis - The Deep Origin of Societies (Hardcover)
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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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