The ant and the peacock : altruism and sexual selection from Darwin to today

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The ant and the peacock : altruism and sexual selection from Darwin to today

Helena Cronin

Cambridge University Press, 1993, c1991

1st pbk. ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-474) and index

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This book is a success story. It explains two long-running puzzles of the theory of natural selection. How can natural selection favour those, like the ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favour of the public-spirited ways of the commune? How can it explain the peacock's tail, flamboyant and a burden to its bearer; surely selection would act against useless ornamentation? Helena Cronin's enthralling account blends history, science and philosophy in a gripping tale that is scholarly, entertaining and eminently readable. The hardback edition was selected by Nature as one of the best scientific books in 1992. Also the New York Times chose it as one of their best books of 1992. The author divides her time between the Philosophy Department at the London School of Economics and the Zoology Department at Oxford.

目次

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I. Darwinism, Its Rivals and Its Renegades: 1. Walking archives
  • 2. A world without Darwin
  • 3. Darwinism old and new
  • Part II. The Peacock: 4. The sting in the peacock's tail
  • 5. Nothing but natural selection?
  • 6. Can females shape males?
  • 7. Do sensible females prefer sexy males?
  • 8. 'Until careful experiments are made ...'
  • 9. Ghosts of Darwinism surpassed
  • Part III. The Ant: 10. Altruism now
  • 11. Altruism then
  • 12. The social insects: kind kin
  • 13. Make dove, not war: conventional forces
  • 14. Human altruism: a natural kind?
  • 15. Breeding between the lines
  • Epilogue
  • Notes on the letters of Darwin and Wallace
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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