Evolutionary Restraints
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Author_Mark E. Borrello
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darwin
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ecology
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ernst mayr
evolution
evolutionary biology
gc williams
gene
heredity
history
insects
mutual aid
natural selection
nonfiction
overpopulation
population
reference
regulation
resources
richard dawkins
scarcity
science
social behavior
species
superorganisms
survival of the fittest
vc wynne edwards
zoology
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- ISBN 9780226067032
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 16 x 22mm
- Publication Date: 15 May 2012
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Much of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selection - from the gene to the species. The debate about group selection, however, is the focus of Mark E. Borrello's "Evolutionary Restraints". Tracing the history of biological attempts to determine whether selection leads to the evolution of fitter groups, Borrello takes as his focus the British naturalist V. C. Wynne-Edwards, who proposed that animals could regulate their own populations and thus avoid overexploitation of their resources. By the mid-twentieth century, Wynne-Edwards became an advocate for group selection theory and led a debate that engaged the most significant evolutionary biologists of his time, including Ernst Mayr, G. C. Williams, and Richard Dawkins. This important dialogue bled out into broader conversations about population regulation, environmental crises, and the evolution of human social behavior. By examining a single facet of the long debate about evolution, Borrello provides powerful insight into an intellectual quandary that remains relevant and alive to this day.
Mark E. Borrello is associate professor of the history of science in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota.
