Screen LibraryThe social conquest of earth
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Liveright Pub. Corporation,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 330 p.: ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780871404138 (hardcover) 0871404133 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | Q11 |
| CLC: | Q11-05 |
| Call Number: | Q11-05/W747 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index. [pt.] 1. Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition -- [pt.] 2. 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 Based on a lifetime of pioneering research, preeminent naturalist Edward O. Wilson gives us a new history of human evolution, presented in an elegant and provocative narrative that promises to have reverberations in fields as diverse as anthropology and From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. |