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  • Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems

    Edición de Iver Mysterud ...
    The twenty-first century presents an increasing number of environmental problems, including toxic pollution, global warming, destruction of tropical forests, extinction of biological diversity, and depletion of natural resources. These environmental problems are generally due to human behavior, namely over-consumption of resources and overpopulation. Designing effective policies to address these ... Leer más

    $70.99 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

  • The Impact of Inequality

    How to Make Sick Societies Healthier

    de Richard Wilkinson ...
    A "powerful and provocative" inquiry into the relationship between societies' inequality and their citizens' health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health).Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence that inequality is a driver of poor health, social conflict, and violence. ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers

    The Foraging Spectrum

    de Robert L. Kelly ...
    In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity, and downplays attempts to model the original foraging lifeway or to use foragers to depict human nature stripped to its core. Kelly reviews the anthropological literature for variation among living ... Leer más

    $32.79 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edición de Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Friendship

    Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship

    de Daniel J. Hruschka ...
    Series Libro 5 - Origins of Human Behavior and Culture
    Friends-they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. In this fascinating multidisciplinary study, Daniel J. Hruschka synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of ... Leer más

    $31.49 USD

  • 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

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  • Ecosystem Ecology

    A New Synthesis

    Edición de David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L. J. Frid ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management. The authors recognise that ecosystems are rich in linkages between biophysical and social ... Leer más

    $49.19 USD

  • A Different Kind of Animal

    How Culture Transformed Our Species

    de Robert Boyd ...
    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a speciesHuman beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability ... Leer más

    $16.59 USD

  • Cities That Think like Planets

    Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems

    de Marina Alberti ...
    As human activity and environmental change come to be increasingly recognized as intertwined phenomena on a rapidly urbanizing planet, the field of urban ecology has risen to offer useful ways of thinking about coupled human and natural systems.On the forefront of this discipline is Marina Alberti, whose innovative work offers a conceptual framework for uncovering fundamental laws that govern the ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Why Sex Matters

    A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition

    de Bobbi S. Low ...
    Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. ... Leer más

    $30.29 USD