Darwinian Survival Guide

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.

• 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

“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