Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind /

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Author / Creator:Pagel, Mark D.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.
Description:xi, 416 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8691837
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ISBN:9780393065879 (hbk.)
0393065871 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-392) and index.
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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