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  • Chimpanzees, War, and History

    Are Men Born to Kill?

    The question of whether men are predisposed to war runs hot in contemporary scholarship and online discussion. Within this debate, chimpanzee behavior is often cited to explain humans' propensity for violence; the claim is that male chimpanzees kill outsiders because they are evolutionarily inclined, suggesting to some that people are too. The longstanding critique that killing is instead due to ... Leer más

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  • The State, Identity and Violence

    Political Disintegration in the Post-Cold War World

    Edición de R. Brian Ferguson ...
    In this book, a collection of experts investigate the varied forces - from global systems to local beliefs - that lead to civil violence, chaos and, perhaps, a new political order. The State, Identity and Violence explores acts of mass violence occurring within national borders and examines the links such acts have to personal identities and how they challenge the character or very existence of ... Leer más

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    From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while “overturning the famous ... Leer más

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  • The Gap

    The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

    There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, whereas even our closest animal relatives sit unobtrusively in their dwindling habitats. Yet despite longstanding debates, the nature of this apparent gap has remained unclear. What exactly is the difference between ... Leer más

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  • The Archaeology of Human Ancestry

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  • Sociobiology

    The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

    When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, Sociobiology is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and ... Leer más

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  • Home

    How Habitat Made Us Human

    de John S Allen ...
    A leading anthropologist studies the science behind "feeling at home" to show us how home made us humanHome is where the heart is. Security, comfort, even love, are all feelings that are centered on the humble abode. But what if there is more to the feeling of being at home? Neuroanthropologist John S. Allen believes that the human habitat is one of the most important products of human cognitive, ... Leer más

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  • Restoration Ecology

    The New Frontier

    Edición de Jelte van Andel, James Aronson ...
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