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The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
by Helena Cronin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 052132937X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521329378
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp.xiv, (3), 490, ""The ""ant"" and the ""peacock"" stand for two puzzles in Darwinism--altruism and sexual selection. How can natural selection favor those, such as the worker ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favor of the public-spirited ways of the commune? And how can ""peacocks""--flamboyant, ornamental and apparently useless--be tolerated by the grimly economical…
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 182791
- Title
- The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
- Author
- Helena Cronin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 052132937X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521329378
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo
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