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Genesis

The Deep Origin of Societies

by Edward O. Wilson
Jonathan Hogan
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Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and that the human body and mind have a physical base obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry, Genesis demonstrates that the only way for us to fully understand human behavior is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, Wilson demonstrates that at least seventeen?among them the African naked mole rat and the sponge- dwelling shrimp?have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism and cooperation. Whether writing about midges who "dance about like acrobats" or schools of anchovies who protectively huddle "to appear like a gigantic fish," or proposing that human society owes a debt of gratitude to "postmenopausal grandmothers" and "childless homosexuals," Genesis is a pithy yet path-breaking work of evolutionary theory, braiding twenty-first-century scientific theory with the lyrical biological and humanistic observations for which Wilson is known.

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  • Release date

    March 19, 2019

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781980029694
      • File size: 90279 KB
      • Duration: 03:08:04

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      At just three hours, this brief audiobook achieves for Wilson's narrative its truest form--a testament, a legacy, a summary vision of a lifetime of scientific achievement. Jonathan Hogan is a particularly steady and lucid narrator, familiar to listeners of Wilson's earlier titles. His voice is finely attuned to the great biologist's voice, character, values, and mission, as well as the subtleties and complexities of his text. Wilson is 90 now, and his argument that social altruism is evolution's next step is, like all of his analyses, provocative and thought-provoking. Hogan doesn't hurry the narrative, and you will feel comfortable relistening to parts, or the entire audiobook. Few of this year's releases will leave you as reflective, as hopeful, or as reaffirmed as this one. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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