Cooperative Evolution
Reclaiming Darwin’s Vision
Authored by: Christopher Bryant, Valerie A. BrownPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
Cooperative Evolution offers a fresh account of evolution consistent with Charles Darwin’s own account of a cooperative, inter-connected, buzzing and ever-changing world. Told in accessible language, treating evolutionary change as a cooperative enterprise brings some surprising shifts from the traditional emphasis on the dominance of competition.
The book covers many evolutionary changes reconsidered as cooperation. These include the cooperative origins of life, evolution as a spiral rather than a ladder or tree, humans as a part of natural systems rather than the purpose, relationships between natural and social change, and the role of the individual in adaptive radiation onto new ground. The story concludes with a projection of human evolution from the past into the future.
‘Environmental studies courses have needed a book like Cooperative Evolution for a long time. It is a boon for those teaching the complexity of the evolutionary story.’
— Dr John A. Harris, BSc(Hons) MSc PhD, School of Environmental Science, University of Canberra
‘As a regenerative, holistic-thinking farmer I daily witness the results of cooperative evolution as the seasons unfold. A pleasure to read, Cooperative Evolution gives entry to recent thinking on evolutionary processes.’
— David Marsh, MSA, ‘Allendale’, Boorowa, New South Wales, 2018 National Individual Landcarer Award recipient
‘This book is an engaging new look at ideas about evolution as we know it today. In the hands of two eminent biologists, it presents an approachable yet challenging argument. I heartily recommend it.’
— Emeritus Professor Sue Stocklmayer AO, BSc MSc PhD, Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, The Australian National University
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781760464288
- ISBN (online):
- 9781760464295
- Publication date:
- Mar 2021
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/CE.2021
- Disciplines:
- Science: Biological Sciences, Earth & Marine Sciences, Environmental Sciences
- Countries:
- World
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- Preliminary Pages (PDF, 0.3MB)
- Acknowledgements (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Glossary of Words and Phrases (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Introduction (PDF, 0.1MB)
- In Homage to Darwin (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- All Knowledge is Metaphor (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Intelligent Evolution and Intelligence (PDF, 1.3MB) doi
- How Evolution Works (PDF, 0.5MB) doi
- The Past is a Foreign Country (PDF, 0.3MB) doi
- We Do Things Differently Now (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Energy: Where it all Begins (PDF, 0.4MB) doi
- Everything is Connected (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Walling In and Walling Out (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Becoming Human (PDF, 0.3MB) doi
- Inheriting the Earth (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Our Closest Cousins (PDF, 0.2MB) doi
- Glimpses of the Future (PDF, 0.3MB) doi
- Weaving the Golden Net (PDF, 0.4MB) doi
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