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Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind / Mark Pagel.
A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393344202
- ISBN: 0393344207
- Physical Description: xi, 416 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2013.
- Copyright: �2012
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published as a Norton paperback 2013"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-392) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : the gamble -- pt. 1. Mind control, protection, and prosperity. The occupation of the world ; Ultra-sociality and the cultural survival vehicle ; The domestication of our talents ; Religion and other cultural "enhancers" -- pt. 2. Cooperation and our cultural nature. Reciprocity and the shadow of the future ; Green beards and the reputation marketplace ; Hostile forces -- pt. 3. The theatre of the mind. Human language -- the voice of our genes ; Deception, consciousness, and truth -- pt. 4. The many and the few. Termite mounds and the exploitation of our social instincts. |
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| Subject: | Human evolution. Social evolution. Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | GN 281 .P34 2013 | 30775305444920 | General Collection | Available | - |