Like Ants: A Model for Human Civilization?
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| Title: | Like Ants: A Model for Human Civilization? |
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| Description: | Turnbull challenges conventional wisdom about how human civilization developed. Most species survive for half a million years, while humanity is already about one million years old. We survive because we cooperate, he says. However, ants have been around for at least 100 times as long. Should we act more like them, or have we gone too far already? |
| Authors: | Andy Turnbull |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Human evolution--Social aspects, Behavior evolution |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, NATURE / Animals / Mammals |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Turnbull challenges conventional wisdom about how human civilization developed. Most species survive for half a million years, while humanity is already about one million years old. We survive because we cooperate, he says. However, ants have been around for at least 100 times as long. Should we act more like them, or have we gone too far already? |
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| ISBN: | 9781628943061 9781628943078 9781628943085 |
