TY - GEN T1 - A brief natural history of civilization : why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity A1 - Bertness, Mark D., 1949- LA - English PP - New Haven ; London PB - Yale University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1148871311 AB - "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. OP - 299 CN - CB460 .B47 2020eb SN - 0300252641 SN - 9780300252644 SN - 9780300245912 KW - Nature and civilization. KW - Human ecology. KW - Natural history. KW - Civilization. KW - Social ecology. KW - Nature et civilisation. KW - Écologie humaine. KW - Sciences naturelles. KW - Civilisation. KW - Écologie sociale. KW - human ecology. KW - natural sciences. KW - civilization. KW - HISTORY : Civilization. KW - Civilization KW - Human ecology KW - Natural history KW - Nature and civilization ER -