From the Book - First edition.
Why does advanced social life exist?
How social insects conquered the invertebrate world
The forces of social evolution
Why does advanced social life exist? The human condition
Where do we come from? The two paths to conquest ; The approach ; The arrival ; Threading the evolutionary maze ; The creative forces ; Tribalism is a fundamental human trait ; War as humanity's hereditary curse ; The breakout ; The creative explosion ; The sprint to civilization
How social insects conquered the invertebrate world. The invention of eusociality ; Inventions that advanced the social insects
The forces of social evolution. The scientific dilemma of rarity ; Insect altruism and eusociality explained ; Insects take the giant leap ; How natural selection creates social instincts ; The forces of social evolution ; The emergence of a new theory of eusociality
What are we? What is human nature? ; How culture evolved ; The origins of language ; The evolution of cultural variation ; The origins of morality and honor ; The origins of religion ; The origins of the creative arts
Where are we going? A new enlightenment.
