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1	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist This history examines the influences of geography and environment on the development of civilization and seeks to find large patterns that might explain why, in the modern period, some groups seem to have significantly greater material wealth than others. The author is an evolutionary biologist and his scientific approach to human history draws ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist A provocative look at mankind's evolution from the ape into the complex creature we call human. By standards of other animals, our powerful civilization appears unique. So do many of our behaviors, including our sexual habits and the ways we select mates. Yet in many respects we are merely another species of ape--our genes are more than 98% ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature more books like this by Matt Ridley add to wishlist Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge, therefore, has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This fascinating book explores ... see all copies from $5.33! new only from $5.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Nonzero the Logic of Human Destiny more books like this by Robert Wright add to wishlist Wright's thesis, a game-theory-based reevaluation of the history of the world, secures supporting evidence from a number of places and events across time and geography, challenging the idea of an aimless drift of human progress. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. see all copies from $2.94! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Chalice and the Blade-Our History, Our Future more books like this by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler add to wishlist This thought-provoking book looks to the origins of culture as a means of assessing the current state of civilization and the direction in which it is heading. Drawing from art, archaeology, religion, social science, and history, the author concerns himself with the cruelty and inequality that has been a mark of human civilization since the dawn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain add to wishlist Theorizes about a profound change in prehistoric female sexuality that gave way to the emergence of Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago, citing evolutionary circumstances that led to the development of religion, death awareness, patriarchal culture, and human love. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Hall Beyound Culture more books like this by Edward Hall, Gordon add to wishlist A reexamination of human experience and values by noted anthropologist Edward T. Hall. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.77! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Evolving Self more books like this by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi add to wishlist The bestselling author of Flow explains how science can offer a basis for morality in the coming millennium, and proposes a set of values to help readers learn how to transcend their biological and social programming, becoming in the process complex and integrated individuals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift more books like this by Andres R Edwards, David Orr (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book paints a picture of this largely unrecognised phenomenon from the point of view of five major sectors of society: Community (government and international institutions); Commerce (business); Resource Extraction (forestry, farming, fisheries etc.); Ecological Design (architecture, technology); Biosphere (conservation, biodiversity etc.). ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $9.25!
10	Human Natures: Genes Cultures and the Human Prospect more books like this by Professor Paul R Ehrlich add to wishlist One of the world's leading evolutionary biologists shows why most of the claims of genetic destiny cannot be true, and explains how the arguments often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution itself. Illustrations. see all copies from $2.47! new only from $11.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors more books like this by Nicholas Wade add to wishlist Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, this work by an acclaimed "New York Times" science reporter tells a provocative story of mankind's ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature. see all copies from $4.37! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution more books like this by Peter J Richerson, Robert Boyd add to wishlist Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth, and our societies are larger, more complex, and more cooperative than any other mammal's. In "Not by Genes Alone", Peter J. ... see all copies from $16.45! new only from $17.15! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization more books like this by Nayan Chanda add to wishlist Since humans migrated from Africa and progressively dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology more books like this by Patrick Nolan add to wishlist "Human Societies" is written for today's students who are confronted by a rapidly changing world. It differs greatly from most texts for the introductory sociology course, being neither an eclectic, encyclopedia-like collection of materials nor a limited survey of contemporary American society. By introducing students to the broad range of human ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Jump Time: Shaping Your Future in a World of Radical Change more books like this by Jean Houston add to wishlist Gives in-depth evidence of a unique period for humanity, on a global and personal level - a period of rapid change that will transform human nature for the better. The new millennium is a time in which what we have scarcely dared to dream is beginning to reveal its shape. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Invisible Pyramid more books like this by Loren Eiseley add to wishlist 'A relentless haunting and haunted figure devils the man [Eiseley] and twists from him some of the best prose we have...The beauty of "The Invisible Pyramid" is that it communicates the awesome spectacle of our environmental crisis without a single shrill note...Eiseley is a master of significant anecdote. There is an unstated but real gothic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Human more books like this by Dr. Robert Winston (Editor), Dr. Don E Wilson (Editor) add to wishlist This definitive visual guide takes a unique look at what it means to be a human being. From evolution and biology to society, culture, and the future aspects of human life, this book examines the qualities that all humans share and profiles more than 250 peoples who inhabit the world. see all copies from $3.59! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	How Societies Change more books like this by Daniel Chirot add to wishlist How do the world's societies differ from each other? What were the reasons for change in the past, and do they help us in predicting change in the future? This stimulating text encourages students to ask these and other questions. Daniel Chirot explains how states and agriculture combined to create the world's classic civilizations. He shows how ... see all copies from $6.93! new only from $35.51! \| SVS
19 view cover	Ancient Society more books like this by Lewis Henry Morgan add to wishlist In this text, Victorian intellectual Lewis Henry Morgan defines three major stages in the cultural and social evolution of mankind. In his introduction, Robin Fox reviews Morgan's thesis in the light of what we have learned in the 20th century. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $24.28! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium more books like this by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi add to wishlist This study explains how science can offer a basis for morality in the coming millenium. Evolution and our cultural heritage have left us with behaviours that, while once crucial for survival, have now become maladaptive, such as unbridled aggression of selfishness. In today's world we must recognize that there is a common good - and only by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World more books like this by Ervin Laszlo add to wishlist Ervin Laszlo presents a 'reality map' to guide us through today's quantum world shifts. We need this map to understand what we must do during this time of great transition as old ways of thinking yield to new multi-dimensional realities. see all copies from $4.56! new only from $8.49! \| SVS
22 view cover	Why Humans Have Cultures: Explaining Anthropology and Social Diversity more books like this by Michael Carrithers (Editor) add to wishlist This book is the result of two projects. The first was to provide an introduction to anthropology for the curious, showing that anthropology is an activity which helps us to understand and deal with human and cultural social diversity. The second was an invitation to colleagues in anthropology and cognate disciplines, and it began from the ... see all copies from $3.81! new only from $41.85! \| SVS
23 view cover	Social Darwinism in American Thought more books like this by Richard Hofstadter add to wishlist Tracing the impact of Darwin on thinkers throughout the gilded Age and the Progressive era, 'Social Darwinism' shows how a politically neutral scientific theory has been adapted with skillful rhetoric to contradictory purposes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.56! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution more books like this by Peter Kropotkin add to wishlist His most influential work. A challenge to classical Darwinism, Kropotkin argues that in nature, co-operation is as important as competition. "Kropotkin profoundly influenced human biology by his theory of Mutual Aid., propounded as a counter-blast to the social conclusions drawn from the Darwinian 'struggle for existence.' He was one of the first ... see all copies from $4.89! new only from $4.89! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Woman's Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family more books like this by Evelyn Reed add to wishlist Assesses women's leading and still largely unknown contributions to the development of human civilization and refutes the myth that women have always been subordinate to men. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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