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An Overview of Nature's Influence on Humanity

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MIND. BODY. NATURE.Life Can Be Wonderful and Perplexing, but not MagicalHumans are clearly the only truly conscious beings on Earth, despite the exceptional intelligence seen in many of our vertebrate relatives, such as mammals and birds. Accepting this idea is a good starting point for understanding our impressive history of cultural development, including harnessing energy, extending lifespans, ... Read more

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MIND. BODY. NATURE.Life Can Be Wonderful and Perplexing, but not MagicalHumans are clearly the only truly conscious beings on Earth, despite the exceptional intelligence seen in many of our vertebrate relatives, such as mammals and birds. Accepting this idea is a good starting point for understanding our impressive history of cultural development, including harnessing energy, extending lifespans,
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

by Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein ...

A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic ... Read more

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A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic
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The Secret of Our Success

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

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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 ... Read more

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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
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The Arrogant Ape

The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters

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**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us ... Read more

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**A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves**Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed thinking enables us
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Denial

Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind

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The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such idea-a concept that runs counter to commonly-held notions about human evolution but that may hold the key to understanding why humans evolved as we did, leaving all other related species far ... Read more

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The history of science abounds with momentous theories that disrupted conventional wisdom and yet were eventually proven true. Ajit Varki and Danny Brower's "Mind over Reality" theory is poised to be one such idea-a concept that runs counter to commonly-held notions about human evolution but that may hold the key to understanding why humans evolved as we did, leaving all other related species far
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The Weight of Nature

How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains

by Clayton Page Aldern ...

**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Rachel Carson Environment Book Award FinalistA Next Big Idea Club and Sierra Magazine Must-Read BookA Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Book of 2024A Financial Times Best Summer BookA Bookshop Most Notable Science Book of 2024A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all.**The march of climate change is ... Read more

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**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Rachel Carson Environment Book Award FinalistA Next Big Idea Club and Sierra Magazine Must-Read BookA Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Book of 2024A Financial Times Best Summer BookA Bookshop Most Notable Science Book of 2024A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all.**The march of climate change is
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Why We Believe

Evolution and the Human Way of Being

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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. ... Read more

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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.
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The Creative Spark

How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional

by Agustín Fuentes ...

A bold new synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology that overturns misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself, answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth?Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight. Agustín Fuentes argues that your child's finger painting comes ... Read more

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A bold new synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology that overturns misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself, answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth?Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight. Agustín Fuentes argues that your child's finger painting comes
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The Gap

The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

by Thomas Suddendorf ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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Father Time

How Nurturing Is Natural for Men

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A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were ... Read more

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A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were
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Evolutionary Psychology

A Beginner's Guide

by Robin Dunbar, John Lycett, Louise Barrett ...

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Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide is a uniquely accessible yet comprehensive guide to the study of the effects of evolutionary theory on human behaviour. Written specifically for the general reader, and for entry-level students, it covers all the most important elements of this interdisciplinary subject, from the role of evolution in our selection of partner, to the influence of genetics ... Read more

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Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide is a uniquely accessible yet comprehensive guide to the study of the effects of evolutionary theory on human behaviour. Written specifically for the general reader, and for entry-level students, it covers all the most important elements of this interdisciplinary subject, from the role of evolution in our selection of partner, to the influence of genetics
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Liars, Lovers, and Heroes

What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are

by Steven R. Quartz, Terrence J. Sejnowski ...

Two neuroscientists share a cutting-edge thesis on how biology, culture, and the environment contribute to our impulses, behaviors, and selves.This book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics. Doctors Quartz and Sejnowski show how ... Read more

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Two neuroscientists share a cutting-edge thesis on how biology, culture, and the environment contribute to our impulses, behaviors, and selves.This book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics. Doctors Quartz and Sejnowski show how
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