{"product_id":"evolutionary-restraints-mark-e-borrello-9780226067032","title":"Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection","description":"Much of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selection--from the gene to the species. The debate about group selection, however, is the focus of Mark E. Borrello's \u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Restraints\u003c\/i\u003e. Tracing the history of biological attempts to determine whether selection leads to the evolution of fitter groups, Borrello takes as his focus the British naturalist V. C. Wynne-Edwards, who proposed that animals could regulate their own populations and thus avoid overexploitation of their resources. By the mid-twentieth century, Wynne-Edwards became an advocate for group selection theory and led a debate that engaged the most significant evolutionary biologists of his time, including Ernst Mayr, G. C. Williams, and Richard Dawkins. This important dialogue bled out into broader conversations about population regulation, environmental crises, and the evolution of human social behavior. By examining a single facet in the long debate about evolution, Borrello provides powerful insight into an intellectual quandary that remains relevant and alive to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark E. Borrello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226067033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226067032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Mark E. Borrello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311011754239,"sku":"9780226067032","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58ef61fd-48a7-459a-b3bd-6a1217c7a08f.jpg?v=1695720627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evolutionary-restraints-mark-e-borrello-9780226067032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}