Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while "overturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first" (Discover magazine). Refashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. He proves that history makes no sense without prehistory, and prehistory makes no sense without biology. Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, Wilson presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth's biosphere.
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人类现在就像梦游者,深陷于睡梦中的幻想与真实世界的混沌之中。我们内心不断地追寻,却找不到确切的地点和时间。我们带着石器时代的情感、用中世纪的规章制度,加上神一般的科技,创造出【星际大战】那样的文明。但是我们骚动不安,光是“存在”这个事实就让我们畏惧困惑,对我们和世界上其他的生命造就了危险。
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