TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pagel,Mark D.
TI  - Wired for culture: origins of the human social mind 
SN  - 9780393065879 (hbk.)
AV  - GN 281  P133w 2012
U1  - 303.4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Social evolution
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Evolutionary genetics
KW  - Evolución humana
KW  - Evolución social
KW  - Evolución (Biología)
KW  - Genética evolutiva
KW  - Genética
KW  - Evolución
KW  - Cambio social
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-392) and index; 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
N2  - A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history
ER  -