The Ant and the Peacock - Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today (Paperback, New Ed)

The "ant" and the "peacock" stand for two puzzles in Darwinism--altruism and sexual selection. How can natural selection favor those, such as the worker ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favor of the public-spirited ways of the commune? And how can "peacocks"--flamboyant, ornamental and apparently useless--be tolerated by the grimly economical Darwinian reaper? Helena Cronin has a deep understanding of today's answers to these riddles and their roots in the nineteenth century; the analysis is new and exciting and the explanations lucid and compelling.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1993
First published:	1991
Authors:	Helena Cronin
Foreword by:	John Maynard Smith
Dimensions:	232 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	508
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-45765-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology
LSN:	0-521-45765-3
Barcode:	9780521457651

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