Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, Genes, Mind, and Culture introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of their original work, together with a major review of progress in the discipline during the ensuing quarter century. They argue compellingly that human nature is neither arbitrary nor predetermined, and identify mechanisms that energize the upward translation from genes to culture. The authors also...
Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, Genes, Mind, and Culture introduces the concept of gene-c...
In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and what they can reveal about how sociality has arisen as an evolutionary strategy.
JUrgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell have assembled leading researchers from the fields of molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, neurophysiology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary theory to reexamine the question of sociality in insects. Recent advances in social complexity theory and the sequencing of the honeybee genome ensure that...
In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of...
Designed to be self-teaching, A Primer of Population Biology shows how to apply simple mathematical models in population biology, shows how to construct such models, and provides a sense of the creative work in this field. Numerical problems throughout the text enable readers to test their growing mastery of the subject. The major topics are population genetics, population and community ecology, and species equilibrium theory. Building from basic principles to advanced topics, the Primer fills a gap between introductory biology texts and advanced works in population...
Designed to be self-teaching, A Primer of Population Biology shows how to apply simple mathematical models in population biology, shows how t...
From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and...
From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impr...
The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, this new volume expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades. These superorganisms--a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor--represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between the organism and...
The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publica...
Knapp 20 Jahre nach dem Pulitzer Preis fur "The Ants" prasentiert das weltberuhmte Autorenteam, was Biologen in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten uber sozial lebende Insekten herausgefunden haben. Superorganismen sind Insektenkolonien, die sich durch altruistische Zusammenarbeit und komplexe Kommunikation auszeichnen. Die Autoren stellen die Evolution der Superorganismen dar und betrachten aufbauend darauf die bedeutenden Ubergange vom Molekul uber die Zelle zum Organismus, zum Superorganismus, zur Population und schlielich zum Okosystem.
Knapp 20 Jahre nach dem Pulitzer Preis fur "The Ants" prasentiert das weltberuhmte Autorenteam, was Biologen in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten ub...
