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“Argues that. . . . sexual selection as a form of self-seeking improvement on the part of each beast is a myth.†Joan Roughgarden is Professor of Biology at Stanford University. She is the author of Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People (UC Press), Evolution and Christian Faith, and Primer of Ecological Theory. "Roughgarden's unique and forceful vision issues a timely, cogent challenge to the predominant world view that selfishness and conflict are the norm in adaptive evolution."—Michael J. Wade, coauthor of Mating Systems and Strategies "No other book offers such a sustained argument against sexual selection theory and provides such a compelling alternative—substantively important and exciting."—Jonathan Kaplan, coauthor of Making Sense of Evolution "This may be the most important book, philosophically speaking, on evolutionary theory in a decade. If Roughgarden is right, males and females evolved as allies, not enemies, and evolutionary theory needs a rethink because competition evolves in a cooperative world, not the other way around."—James Griesemer, President of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Zusammenfassung Are selfishness and individuality - rather than kindness and cooperation - basic to biological nature? Does a 'selfish gene' create universal sexual conflict? This title intends to reject these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Is Nature Selfish? COOPERATION AND TEAMWORK 1. Sexual Selection Defined 2. The Case against Sexual Selection 3. Social Selection Defined THE GENETIC SYSTEM FOR SEX 4. The Gene: Recombination 5. The Cell: Sperm and Egg 6. The Body: Male, Female, and Hermaphrodite THE SOCIAL SYSTEM FOR SEX 7. The Behavioral Tier 8. The Evolutionary Tier 9. Family Harmony and Discord 10. Sharing Offspring with Neighbors Conclusion: Social versus Sexual Selection Index...
