The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1976 - 224 pagina's As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. |
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Pagina 90
... true in contests between members of different species , which is why so many prey animals run away instead of retaliating . It probably stems originally from the fact that in an interaction between two animals of different species there ...
... true in contests between members of different species , which is why so many prey animals run away instead of retaliating . It probably stems originally from the fact that in an interaction between two animals of different species there ...
Pagina 177
... true that some men dress flamboyantly and some women dress drably but , on aver- age , there can be no doubt that in our society the equivalent of the peacock's tail is exhibited by the female , not by the male . Women paint their faces ...
... true that some men dress flamboyantly and some women dress drably but , on aver- age , there can be no doubt that in our society the equivalent of the peacock's tail is exhibited by the female , not by the male . Women paint their faces ...
Pagina 213
... true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith . Memes and genes may often reinforce each other , but they sometimes come into opposition . For example , the habit of celib- acy is presumably not inherited genetically ...
... true of patriotic and political as well as religious blind faith . Memes and genes may often reinforce each other , but they sometimes come into opposition . For example , the habit of celib- acy is presumably not inherited genetically ...
Inhoudsopgave
Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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