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Evolution and Cognition Serie de eBooks

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  • The Origin and Evolution of Cultures

    de Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, ... Leer más

    $57.59 USD

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  • The Secret of Our Success

    How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

    de Joseph Henrich ...
    How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosperHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that ... Leer más

    $15.09 USD

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  • A Cooperative Species

    Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

    de Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis ...
    A thought-provoking scientific exploration of the evolutionary origins of human cooperation.Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply by far-sighted self-interest or a desire to help close ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Why We Believe

    Evolution and the Human Way of Being

    de Agustin Fuentes ...
    Series series Foundational Questions in Science
    An "impressive" wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us human (Justin Barret, American Scientist ).Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Why We Cooperate

    de Michael Tomasello, Carol Dweck, Joan Silk, Brian Skyrms, Elizabeth S. Spelke ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    Through experiments with kids and chimpanzees, this cutting-edge theory in developmental psychology reveals how cooperation is a distinctly human combination of innate and learned behavior.“[A] fascinating approach to the question of what makes us human.” —Publishers WeeklyDrop something in front of a 2-year-old, and she’s likely to pick it up for you. This is not a learned behavior, psychologist ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Cultural Evolution

    How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture & Synthesize the Social Sciences

    de Alex Mesoudi ...
    Charles Darwin changed the course of scientific thinking by showing how evolution accounts for the stunning diversity and biological complexity of life on earth. Recently, there has also been increased interest in the social sciences in how Darwinian theory can explain human culture.Covering a wide range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of Human Morality

    de Michael Tomasello ...
    Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological AssociationWinner of a PROSE Award, Association of American PublishersShortlist, Cognitive Development Society Book AwardA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Natural History of Human Morality offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on extensive ... Leer más

    $18.89 USD

  • Future Science

    Essays from the Leading Edge

    Edición de Max Brockman ...
    In this fascinating collection of writings that introduce the very latest theories and discoveries in science, editor Max Brockman presents the work of some of today’s brightest and most innovative young researchers.Future Science features eighteen young scientists, most of whom are presenting their work and ideas to a general audience for the first time. Included in this collection are* William ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Artificial Societies

    The Computer Simulation Of Social Life

    Edición de Nigel Gilbert, Rosaria Conte ...
    An exploration of the implications of developments in artificial intelligence for social scientific research, which builds on the theoretical and methodological insights provided by "Simulating societies".; This book is intended for worldwide library market for social science subjects such as sociology, political science, geography, archaeology/anthropology, and significant appeal within computer ... Leer más

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  • Darwin's Unfinished Symphony

    How Culture Made the Human Mind

    de Kevin N. Lala ...
    Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind—and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture—evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just ... Leer más

    $36.79 USD

  • The Theory of Ecological Communities

    de Mark Vellend ...
    Series Libro 57 - Monographs in Population Biology
    A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space ... Leer más

    $43.99 USD

  • The True Origin of Species

    de John Kuti ...
    This book will propose an alternate theory for evolutionary adaptation and the origin of species. The theory of bilateral subjective adaptation answers most of the exceptions to Darwinian theory and offers a more comprehensive explanation for the way evolution works.Natural selection is accepted as the proven theory for evolutionary adaptation. This book presents a different theory that proposes ... Leer más

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