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The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World
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11
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Readers
17/100Critics
4/100Scholars
Author:
Lixing Sun
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Date:
April 4, 2023
Nature is rife with cheating. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to wondrous diversity.
What The Reviewers Say
A tour de force of evolutionary biology.
The enterprise of writing The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars...[is] difficult.
Sun is given to punchy pronouncements.
The accessible prose offers an eye-opening take on lying in the natural world and how evolutionary pressures to deceive impact human behavior. The smart parallels between humans and animals make for an insightful outing..
