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The social conquest of earth / Edward O. Wilson.
- Description: viii, 330 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., c2012.
- ISBN: 9780871404138 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0871404133 (hbk.)
Available copies
- 14 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 16 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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| Beverly Main | Adult Nonfiction | GN 360 .W53 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | GN 360 W53 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Everett - Parlin Memorial | Adult Nonfiction | 599.938/W747s (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 599.938/Wilson (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Lynnfield | Adult Nonfiction | GN 360 .W53 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Marblehead | Adult New Nonfiction | NEW 599.938 WILSON 2012 (Text to phone) | Checked out | 06/05/2013 |
| Melrose | New Books (Browsing Room) | 599.938 Wilson (Text to phone) | Reshelving | - |
| Melrose | Quick Picks Table (Lobby) | Quick Pick Nonfiction (Text to phone) | Checked out | 05/17/2013 |
| Merrimack College | Stacks (2nd) | GN360 .W53 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW GN 360 .W53 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
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| Contents: | Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition -- Where do we come from? The two paths to conquest ; The approach ; The arrival ; Threading the evolutionary maze ; The creative forces ; Tribalism is a fundamental human trait ; War as humanity's hereditary curse ; The breakout ; The creative explosion ; The sprint to civilization -- How social insects conquered the invertebrate world. The invention of eusociality ; Inventions that advanced the social insects -- The forces of social evolution. The scientific dilemma of rarity ; Insect altruism and eusociality explained ; Insects tale the giant leap ; Now natural selection creates social instincts ; The forces of social evolution ; The emergence of a new theory of eusociality -- What are we? What is human nature? ; How culture evolved ; The origins of language ; The evolution of cultural variation ; The origins of morality and honor ; The origins of religion ; The origins of the creative arts -- Where are we going? A new Enlightenment. |
| Summary: | From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. |
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