ISBN: 9780199231157

ISBN-13: 9780199231157, 978-0199231157. Principles of Social Evolution. inclusive fitness theory - is central to understanding each event. Living things are organized in a hierarchy of le… More...

ISBN-13: 9780199231157, 978-0199231157. Principles of Social Evolution. inclusive fitness theory - is central to understanding each event. Living things are organized in a hierarchy of levels. Genes group together in cells, cells group together in organisms, and organisms group together in societies. Principles of Social Evolution Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).Author(s): Andrew F.G. BourkeFormat: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, United KingdomImprint: Oxford University PressISBN-13: 9780199231157, 978-0199231157SynopsisLiving things are organized in a hierarchy of levels. Genes group together in cells, cells group together in organisms, and organisms group together in societies. Even different species form mutualistic partnerships. Throughout the history of life, previously independent units have formed groups that, in time, have come to resemble individuals in their own right. Evolutionary biologists term such events "the major transitions". The process common to them all issocial evolution. Each transition occurs only if natural selection favours one unit joining with another in a new kind of group. This book presents a fresh synthesis of the principles of social evolution that underlie the major transitions, explaining how the basic theory underpinning social evolution -inclusive fitness theory - is central to understanding each event. The book defines the key stages in a major transition, then highlights the shared principles operating at each stage across the transitions as a whole. It addresses in new ways the question of how, once they have arisen, organisms and societies become more individualistic., Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Book Title: Principles of Social Evolution, EAN: 9780199231157, Subject Area: Social Psychology, Publication Name: Principles of Social Evolution, Subject: Zoology, Anthropology, Biology, Publication Year: 2011, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Item Height: 241mm, Item Width: 161mm, Item Weight: 650g, Number of Pages: 280 Pages, Oxford University Press<

2011, ISBN: 9780199231157

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2011