{"product_id":"the-social-instinct-9781250262837","title":"The Social Instinct","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnriching \u003ci\u003ePublisher''s Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent and illuminating\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Richard Dawkins''s \u003ci\u003eThe Selfish Gene\u003c\/i\u003e, Nichola Raihani''s \u003ci\u003eThe Social Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It's how life progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic material to nation states. But given what we know about evolution, cooperation is also something of a puzzle. How does cooperation begin, when on a Darwinian level, all the genes in the body care about is being passed on to the next generation? Why do meerkats care for one another's offspring? Why do babbler birds in the Kalahari form colonies in which only a single pair breeds? And how come some reef-dwelling fish punish each other for harming fish fr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528927813975,"sku":"9781250262837","price":16.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250262837.jpg?v=1731873582","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-instinct-9781250262837","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}