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Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind / Mark Pagel.
- ISBN: 9780393065879 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0393065871 (hbk.)
- Description: xi, 416 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.
Available copies
- 6 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 6 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | GN 281 P32 2012 (Text to phone) | Reshelving | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 303.4/Pagel (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW GN 281 .P32 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Revere | Adult Nonfiction | 303.4/P (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Stoneham | Adult Nonfiction Mezzanine | 303.4 PAG (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Swampscott | Thomson Room | 303.4 P (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Contents: | 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" -- Cooperation and our cultural nature -- Reciprocity and the shadow of the future -- Green beards and the reputation marketplace -- Hostile forces -- The theatre of the mind -- Human language -- The voice of our genes -- Deception, consciousness, and truth -- The many and the few -- Termite mounds and the exploitation of our social instincts. |
| Summary: | A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history. |
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| Subject: |
Human evolution. Social evolution. Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics. |
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