Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A Cooperative History of Life - Hardcoverby Jonathan Silvertown (Author) For all the "selfishness" of genes, they team up to survive. Is the history of life in fact a story of cooperation? Amid the violence and brutality that dominates the news, it's hard to think of ourselves as team players. But cooperation, Jonathan Silvertown argues, is a fundamental part of our make up, and deeply woven into the whole four billion year history of life. Starting with human society, Silvertown digs