Darwinian Survival Guide

Hope for the Twenty-First Century

AvDaniel R. Brooks,Salvatore J. Agosta

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago—and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.Despite efforts to sustain civilization, humanity faces existential threats from overpopulation, globalized trade and travel, urbanization, and global climate change. In A Darwinian Survival Guide, Daniel Brooks and Salvatore Agosta draw on their expertise as field biologists to offer a novel—and hopeful—perspective on how to meet these tremendous challenges by changing the discourse from sustainability to survival. Darwinian evolution, the world's only theory of survival, is the means by which the biosphere has persisted and renewed itself following past environmental perturbations, and it has never failed, they explain. Even in the aftermath of mass extinctions, enough survivors remain with the potential to produce a new diversified biosphere.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:369 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:MIT Press Ltd
ISBN:9780262553957

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Daniel R. Brooks is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Senior Research Fellow, H. W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum; and Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). He is the coauthor of The Stockholm Paradigm and The Major Metaphors of Evolution.Salvatore J. Agosta is Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of more than fifty scientific publications and coauthor of The Major Metaphors of Evolution.

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“Timely, thought-provoking, and refreshingly optimistic. . . . Applying the principles of evolution in thoughtful ways, A Darwinian Survival Guide tackles the complexities of climate change with creativity, optimism, and vision.”—Foreword Reviews

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Preface vii1 Introduction 12 How Does Nature Work? Inheritance Systems 153 How Does Nature Work? Ecosystems 394 Humans: The Early Days 595 The Late Pleistocene: The Rise of Homo Sapiens 796 After the Ice Age: The Great Transition 897 The Neolithic Period: The Great Amplification 1018 Institutionalizing Society: The Great Tragedy 1179 Overspending as a Way of Life: Inflection and Acceleration 14510 How Humans Should Interact with the Rest of the Biosphere 16511 Convivial Conservation in an Evolutionary Commons: Costa Rica’s Green Phoenix 19312 How Humans Should Interact with Each Other 20513 How Humans Should Interact with Their Institutions 231 14 Autumn of the Anthropocene: Hope for Now, Hope for the Future 255Acknowledgments 271Selected Readings 273Index 335