The Ju-Jitsu of the Peahen: Illustrated Essays on Death, Dying, Altruism and Natural Selection from an Unlikely Natural Historian

The Ju-Jitsu of the Peahen: Illustrated Essays on Death, Dying, Altruism and Natural Selection from an Unlikely Natural Historian

The Ju-Jitsu of the Peahen: Illustrated Essays on Death, Dying, Altruism and Natural Selection from an Unlikely Natural Historian

The Ju-Jitsu of the Peahen: Illustrated Essays on Death, Dying, Altruism and Natural Selection from an Unlikely Natural Historian

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Overview

A unconventional look at why we die,why we are unselfish and tangentially, why the peacock has such a refined backend embellishment. It examines some of the traits natural selection has paradoxically imbued our species with and why we seem to possess so many traits counterproductive to our survival.

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ISBN-13: 9781466269316
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 01/11/2012
Pages: 130
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.34(d)
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