Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour by Hamilton

Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour by Hamilton

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Why is 'blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacifist? What is the best sex ratio? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Over what do our chromosomes quarrel? Such questions have motivated the life-work of W D Hamilton. This title includes an autobiographical essay written especially for this collection.

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Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour by Hamilton

Why is 'blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacifist? What is the best sex ratio? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Over what do our chromosomes quarrel? Such questions have motivated the life-work of W D Hamilton. This title includes an autobiographical essay written especially for this collection.
W. D. Hamilton is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. He is known throughout the world for his work on social evolution and sexual selection. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. W.D. Hamilton, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS. Tel. 01865-271166.
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ISBN 13 9780716745303
ISBN 10 0716745305
Title Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour
Author Hamilton
Series Narrow Roads Of Gene Land
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1997-09-04
Number of pages 566
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