{"product_id":"genesis-11","title":"Genesis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''With \u003ci\u003eGenesis\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilson inspires awe ... His message is that  selection has shaped a society that is characterized by cooperation and  division of labour'' \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached  human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In \u003ci\u003eGenesis\u003c\/i\u003e,  celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of  evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual  reproduction to the development of language itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only way  for us to fully understand human behaviour, Wilson argues, is to study  the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, he  demonstrates that at least seventeen - from the African naked mole rat  and the sponge-dwelling shrimp to one of the oldest species on earth,  the termite - have been found to have advanced societies based on  altruism, cooperation and the division of labour. These rare eusocial  species form the prehistory to our human social patterns, even,  according to Wilson, suggesting the possible biological benefits of  homosexuality and elderly grandmothers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether writing about  midges who dance about like acrobats, schools of anchovies who  protectively huddle to appear like a gigantic fish or well-organised  flocks becoming potentially immortal, \u003ci\u003eGenesis\u003c\/i\u003e is a pathbreaking  work of evolutionary theory filled with lyrical observations. It will make us rethink how we became who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317022073214,"sku":"NW9780141990231","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141990231.jpg?v=1778685734","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/genesis-11","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}