• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Laying the foundation for evonomics
  • Contributor: Wilson, David Sloan
  • Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016
  • Published in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39 (2016)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x15001223
  • ISSN: 0140-525X; 1469-1825
  • Keywords: Behavioral Neuroscience ; Physiology ; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The target article is a major step toward integrating the biological and human-related sciences. It is highly relevant to economics and public policy formulation in the real world, in addition to its basic scientific import. My commentary covers a number of points, including avoiding an excessively narrow focus on agriculture, the importance of multilevel selection and complex systems theory, and utopic versus dystopic scenarios for the future.</jats:p>