Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind /

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
Subject:	Human evolution. Social evolution. Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics. Culture Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics. Human evolution. Social evolution.
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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: The Gamble
Part I. Mind Control, Protection, and Prosperity
Prologue
Chapter 1. The Occupation of the World
Chapter 2. Ultra-sociality and the Cultural Survival Vehicle
Chapter 3. The Domestication of Our Talents
Chapter 4. Religion and Other Cultural "Enhancers"
Part II. Cooperation and our Cultural Nature
Prologue
Chapter 5. Reciprocity and the Shadow of the Future
Chapter 6. Green Beards and the Reputation Marketplace
Chapter 7. Hostile Forces
Part III. The Theatre of the Mind
Prologue
Chapter 8. Human Language-The Voice of Our Genes
Chapter 9. Deception, Consciousness, and Truth
Part IV. The Many and the Few
Prologue
Chapter 10. Termite Mounds and the Exploitation of Our Social Instincts
References
Bibliography
Index