![]() ![]() But I spent decades with Christopher, Orlando, Bernard, Corey and Dustin Higgs here on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana. ![]() I did not know the others who were executed well enough - Daniel Lewis Lee, Wesley Purkey, Dustin Honken, Lezmond Mitchell, Keith Nelson, William LeCroy, Alfred Bourgeois and Lisa Montgomery - to speak about them with authenticity. These government killings gave new meaning to Operation Warp Speed: Instead of taking the necessary measures to protect millions of Americans from the physical and economic ravages of COVID-19, the “pro-life” federal government put work into carrying out 13 executions. The canny will read the book cover to cover, recognizing that the editors have facilitated creative debate in the grand comparative tradition - uncluttered by taxon-specific misunderstandings.It was almost as if the administration was trying to set a perverse new benchmark in the “Guinness Book of World Records.” It carried out more executions in six months than any other administration had in six decades. This excellent volume resolves this issue by imposing a strict framework to each taxon-focused chapter, thereby allowing readers to gain invaluable, perhaps unprecedented insights from chapters outside their taxonomic comfort zone. 'Powerful, elegant theory guides our understanding of animal social behavior, but an historical tradition of confining empirical insights to particular taxonomic and methodological silos means the devil remains in the detail. Joan Strassmann - Washington University, St Louis This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know where the theories are rooted, or anyone who simply wants to enjoy the marvellous stories of animal social behaviour.’ The chapters are clearly and carefully written by leaders in their fields. This book provides a fabulous compilation of the biology of social interactions in animals. But the theory that has developed to explain these interactions comes nearly entirely from observations of animals in their native habitats. Social evolution theory, particularly kin selection, has changed our view of conflicts within organisms like cancer and imprinting, and of how microbes interact and affect us, to give two key examples. There has been a revolution in our understanding of life that is based on an appreciation of the importance of social behavior. ‘Social interactions define how life is organized, from molecules to microbes, in the ocean and on land. Tim Clutton-Brock - University of Cambridge By synthesizing current knowledge of the distribution of social behaviour and its correlates in different groups, Comparative Social Evolution lays the foundation for attempts to build a general framework capable of explaining the diversity of animal societies.' Successive chapters describe the structure of social groups in different taxa, ranging from aphids to primates, and their relationship to variation in life history parameters, breeding systems and genetic structure, each written by leading researchers in their field. 'Comparative Social Evolution provides a unique attempt to identify contrasts and similarities in the distribution and evolution of social behaviour in different groups of animals. It will surely help stimulate a renaissance in such studies, but the editors are too modest they and the authors have already performed an admirable service to the discipline in bringing together such a rich synthesis of information and insight.’Īndrew Bourke - University of East Anglia In their closing synthesis, the editors describe the book as a 'starting point' for the comparative social evolutionary studies of the future. A tight editorial structure ensures a uniformity of approach that readers, typically familiar with just one or a few groups but eager to broaden their outlook, will greatly appreciate. Covering all the major groups of social organisms in both the invertebrates and vertebrates, its expert authors systematically set out the social and associated traits of their favoured taxa. ‘This authoritative book will be an excellent resource for all students of social evolution, including practised hands and those yet to take the stage. ![]()
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