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Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation
Mark Pagel
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Paperback. What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? This title reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
'Expresses an infectious sense of wonder at the uniqueness of our species; it is hard not to be affected by his enthusiasm' Sunday Times What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? In Wired for Culture Mark Pagel, the world's leading expert on human development, reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are. Shedding light on everything from art, morality and affection to ... Read more
'Expresses an infectious sense of wonder at the uniqueness of our species; it is hard not to be affected by his enthusiasm' Sunday Times What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? In Wired for Culture Mark Pagel, the world's leading expert on human development, reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are. Shedding light on everything from art, morality and affection to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141031606
SKU
V9780141031606
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About Mark Pagel
Mark Pagel is head of the Evolution Laboratory in the Division of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, at the University of Reading, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is the editor-in-chief of the award winning Oxford Encyclopaedia of Evolution and co-author of The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology, which is regarded as a classic, as well as the ... Read more
Reviews for Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation
It's a clear and convincing read, and it wouldn't look out of place alongside Pinker and Dawkins
Tom Chivers
Telegraph
A remarkable and beautifully written book
Matt Ridley
The Wall Street Journal
Human evolution may be the hottest area in popular science writing, ahead even of books about cosmology and the brain. Within this ... Read more
Tom Chivers
Telegraph
A remarkable and beautifully written book
Matt Ridley
The Wall Street Journal
Human evolution may be the hottest area in popular science writing, ahead even of books about cosmology and the brain. Within this ... Read more