The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World

ISBN : 9780691198606

Author : Lixing Sun

Publisher : Princeton University Press\n

Year : 2023

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : Blending cutting-edge science with a wealth of illuminating examples―from microscopic organisms to highly intelligent birds and mammals―Lixing Sun shows how cheating in nature relies on two basic rules. One is lying, by which cheaters exploit honest messages in communication signals and use them to serve their own interests. The other is deceiving, by which cheaters exploit the biases and loopholes in the sensory systems of other creatures. Sun demonstrates that cheating serves as a potent catalyst in the evolutionary arms race between the cheating and the cheated, resulting in a biological world teeming with complexity and beauty.

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