Security, Evolution and

R. Sagarin; D. T. Blumstein; G. P. Dietl

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00309-7

Security, Evolution and

R. Sagarin, D. T. Blumstein, G. P. Dietl

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Although several pioneering biologists and economists in the twentieth century examined evolutionary linkages to human security, these approaches became much more widespread in the early twenty-first century. Looking both descriptively and proscriptively, a wide range of fields have adopted aspects of evolutionary theory and natural history to help clarify and understand security issues as varied as terrorism, asymmetric warfare, natural disaster response, and infectious disease management. The extent to which these approaches can be successfully adopted in practice remains to be seen.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	10-15
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128004265
ISBN (Print)	9780128000496
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00309-7
State	Published - Apr 14 2016

Keywords

Arms races
Asymmetric conflict
Cooperation
Escalation
Evolution
Evolutionary psychology
Natural security
Symbiosis
Terrorism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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