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Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
by Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
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The "ant" and the "peacock" stand for two puzzles in Darwinism--altruism and sexual selection. How can natural selection favor those, such as the worker ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favor of the public-spirited ways of the commune? And how can "peacocks"--flamboyant, ornamental and apparently useless--be tolerated by the grimly economical Darwinian reaper? Helena Cronin has a deep understanding of today's answers to these riddles and their roots in the nineteenth century; the analysis is new and exciting and the explanations lucid and compelling.
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- Cambridge University Pres Brand
- Sep 24, 1993 Pub Date:
- 9780521457651 ISBN-13:
- 0521457653 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9 in * 1.13 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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