合作进化为进化提供了一个全新的解释，这与查尔斯·达尔文自己对一个合作的、相互联系的、嗡嗡作响的、不断变化的世界的描述是一致的。用通俗易懂的语言讲述，将进化变化视为一个合作企业，会带来一些令人惊讶的变化，而不是传统上强调竞争的主导地位。这本书涵盖了许多被重新视为合作的进化变化。其中包括生命的合作起源、进化是螺旋而不是阶梯或树木、人类是自然系统的一部分而不是目的、自然变化和社会变化之间的关系，以及个体在适应新领域辐射中的作用。故事的结尾是人类从过去到未来的进化。
Cooperative Evolution: Reclaiming Darwin’s Vision
Cooperative Evolution offers a fresh account of evolution consistent with Charles Darwin’s own account of a cooperative, inter-connected, buzzing and ever-changing world. Told in accessible language, treating evolutionary change as a cooperative enterprise brings some surprising shifts from the traditional emphasis on the dominance of competition. The book covers many evolutionary changes reconsidered as cooperation. These include the cooperative origins of life, evolution as a spiral rather than a ladder or tree, humans as a part of natural systems rather than the purpose, relationships between natural and social change, and the role of the individual in adaptive radiation onto new ground. The story concludes with a projection of human evolution from the past into the future.
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