{"product_id":"a-darwinian-survival-guide-isbn-9780262553957","title":"A Darwinian Survival Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago—and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite efforts to sustain civilization, humanity faces existential threats from overpopulation, globalized trade and travel, urbanization, and global climate change. In \u003ci\u003eA Darwinian Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Brooks and Salvatore Agosta draw on their expertise as field biologists to offer a novel—and hopeful—perspective on how to meet these tremendous challenges by changing the discourse from sustainability to survival. Darwinian evolution, the world's only theory of survival, is the means by which the biosphere has persisted and renewed itself following past environmental perturbations, and it has never failed, they explain. Even in the aftermath of mass extinctions, enough survivors remain with the potential to produce a new diversified biosphere.Preface vii\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e2 How Does Nature Work? Inheritance Systems 15\u003cbr\u003e3 How Does Nature Work? Ecosystems 39\u003cbr\u003e4 Humans: The Early Days 59\u003cbr\u003e5 The Late Pleistocene: The Rise of \u003ci\u003eHomo Sapiens \u003c\/i\u003e79\u003cbr\u003e6 After the Ice Age: The Great Transition 89\u003cbr\u003e7 The Neolithic Period: The Great Amplification 101\u003cbr\u003e8 Institutionalizing Society: The Great Tragedy 117\u003cbr\u003e9 Overspending as a Way of Life: Inflection and Acceleration 145\u003cbr\u003e10 How Humans Should Interact with the Rest of the Biosphere 165\u003cbr\u003e11 Convivial Conservation in an Evolutionary Commons: Costa Rica’s Green Phoenix 193\u003cbr\u003e12 How Humans Should Interact with Each Other 205\u003cbr\u003e13 How Humans Should Interact with Their Institutions 231 \u003cbr\u003e14 Autumn of the Anthropocene: Hope for Now, Hope for the Future 255\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 271\u003cbr\u003eSelected Readings 273\u003cbr\u003eIndex 335“Timely, thought-provoking, and refreshingly optimistic. . . . Applying the principles of evolution in thoughtful ways, \u003ci\u003eA Darwinian Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e tackles the complexities of climate change with creativity, optimism, and vision.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A sweeping retrospective on the evolution of humankind and a manifesto for how we might live in the post-Anthropocene. Insightful and provocative,\u003ci\u003e A Darwinian Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e challenges both economic and environmental orthodoxies about humanity’s options for the future.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMarcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geosciences, Lawrence University; author of \u003ci\u003eTimefulness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What does evolution teach us about the development of human societies, and our future? This fascinating romp through how we got here, and where we are going, gives much food for thought.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTim Benton, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brooks and Agosta have developed an outstanding and essential contribution with an accessible, insightful, and encouraging perspective highlighting the incredible evolutionary potential of humans to survive and thrive through the climatic realities of the Anthropocene.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAlycia L. Stigall, Professor and Head, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wondrously honest, fundamentally optimistic book that shows how, if enough of us adapt, humanity will survive. No book I know has put its case so well and so convincingly.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong\u003c\/b\u003eDaniel 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Stockholm Paradigm \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Major Metaphors of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalvatore 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Major Metaphors of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232880996581,"sku":"NP9780262553957","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262553957.jpg?v=1767720409","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-darwinian-survival-guide-isbn-9780262553957","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}