A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity /

"Mark Bertness argues that human civilization is the product of the same self-organization, evolutionary competition, cooperation, and natural selection processes that have created all other life on Earth. This perspective reveals how human history is natural history and explores how humans, as...

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Autor principal: Bertness, Mark D., 1949- (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2417726
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Sumari:"Mark Bertness argues that human civilization is the product of the same self-organization, evolutionary competition, cooperation, and natural selection processes that have created all other life on Earth. This perspective reveals how human history is natural history and explores how humans, as a species, might have to consciously overrule our evolutionary drivers in order to survive future challenges"--Provided by publisher.
Descripció física:1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-285) and index.
ISBN:0300252641
9780300252644
9780300245912