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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/738350014 Title: Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind Author: Mark D Pagel Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2012] ©2012 ISBN/ISSN: 9780393065879 0393065871 OCLC:738350014

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Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind

Author:	Mark D Pagel
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton, [2012] ©2012
Edition/Format:	Book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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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ISBN:	9780393065879 0393065871
OCLC Number:	738350014
Description:	xi, 416 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:	Introduction : the gamble -- pt. 1. Mind control, protection, and prosperity. The occupation of the world ; Ultra-sociality and the cultural survival vehicle ; The domestication of our talents ; Religion and other cultural "enhancers" -- pt. 2. Cooperation and our cultural nature. Reciprocity and the shadow of the future ; Green beards and the reputation marketplace ; Hostile forces -- pt. 3. The theatre of the mind. Human language -- the voice of our genes ; Deception, consciousness, and truth -- pt. 4. The many and the few. Termite mounds and the exploitation of our social instincts.
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