序言 Prologue
I 高等社會性生物為何存在？
Why Does Advanced Social Life Exist?
1.人類的現況 The Human Condition
II 我們從哪裡來？
Where Do We Come From?
2.占領地球的兩條路徑 The Two Paths to Conquest
3.演化迷宮 The Approach
4.抵達 The Arrival
5.通過演化迷宮 Threading the Evolutionary Maze
6.創造之力 The Creative Forces
7.人類的基本特徵：部落生活 Tribalism Is a Fundamental Human Trait
8.人類的遺傳詛咒：戰爭 War as Humanity’s Hereditary Curse
9.從非洲突破 The Breakout
10.創造力爆發 The Creative Explosion
11.衝向文明 The Sprint to Civilization
III 社會性昆蟲稱霸無脊椎世界
How Social Insects Conquered the Invertebrate World
12.真社會性的創新The Invention of Eusociality
13.社會性昆蟲的創新之處 Inventions That Advanced the Social Insects
IV 社會演化的驅力
The Forces of Social Evolution
14.真社會性為何如此罕見 The Scientific Dilemma of Rarity
15.真社會性昆蟲的利他行為從何而來 Insect Altruism and Eusociality Explained
16.昆蟲邁開的大步 Insects Take the Giant Leap
17.天擇創造社會性本能之道 How Natural Selection Creates Social Instincts
18.社會演化的驅力 The Forces of Social Evolution
19.新的真社會性理論 The Emergence of a New Theory of Eusociality
V 我們是什麼？
What Are We?
20.何謂人類本性？ What Is Human Nature?
21.文化如何演化 How Culture Evolved
22.語言的起源 The Origins of Language
23.文化差異的演化 The Evolution of Cultural Variation
24.道德與榮譽的起源 The Origins of Morality and Honor
25.宗教的起源 The Origins of Religion
26.創造性藝術的起源 The Origins of the Creative Arts
VI 我們要往哪兒去？
Where Are We Going?
27.新啟示 A New Enlightenment
致謝 Acknowledgments
【讀後記】社會性征服與物種思維：物種「真社會性」可以讓我們思考什麼？／李宜澤
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