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        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        Hope for the Twenty-First Century

        by Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta

        ISBN: 9780262553957

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 30, 2025

        How 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.
        What Is Life?

        What Is Life?

        What Is Life?

        Evolution as Computation

        by Blaise Agüera y Arcas

        ISBN: 9780262554091

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 11, 2025

        What life is, and how its essence can be understood as computation that grows more complex over time in symbiotic relationships.
        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going

        by Michael Muthukrishna

        ISBN: 9780262552943

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 4, 2025

        A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
        The Tales Teeth Tell

        The Tales Teeth Tell

        The Tales Teeth Tell

        Development, Evolution, Behavior

        by Tanya M. Smith

        ISBN: 9780262553858

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 21, 2025

        What teeth can tell us about human evolution, development, and behavior.
        Darwinizing Gaia

        Darwinizing Gaia

        Darwinizing Gaia

        Natural Selection and Multispecies Community Evolution

        by W. Ford Doolittle

        ISBN: 9780262549523

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 3, 2024

        A reinterpretation of James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis through the lens of Darwinian natural selection and multispecies community evolution.
        A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds

        A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds

        A History of Bodies, Brains, and Minds

        The Evolution of Life and Consciousness

        by Francisco Aboitiz

        ISBN: 9780262049023

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 17, 2024

        A panoramic view of the evolution of life on our planet, from its origins to humanity's future.
        Niche Construction

        Niche Construction

        Niche Construction

        How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution

        by John Odling-Smee

        ISBN: 9780262548168

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 3, 2024

        How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.
        Cooperation and Its Evolution

        Cooperation and Its Evolution

        Cooperation and Its Evolution

        Edited by Kim Sterelny, Richard Joyce, Brett Calcott and Ben Fraser

        ISBN: 9780262552783

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 6, 2024

        Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world.
        The Acceleration of Cultural Change

        The Acceleration of Cultural Change

        The Acceleration of Cultural Change

        From Ancestors to Algorithms

        by R. Alexander Bentley and Michael J. O'Brien

        Foreword by John Maeda

        ISBN: 9780262551977

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 21, 2024

        How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors.
        Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology

        Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology

        Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology

        Edited by Michael J. O'Brien, Briggs Buchanan and Metin I. Eren

        ISBN: 9780262552080

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 21, 2024

        Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.
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