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The dawn of human culture / by Klein, Richard G.(CARDINAL)331420; Edgar, Blake.(CARDINAL)333295;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-283) and index.
Subjects: Culture; Human evolution.;
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The crisis of the modern world / by Guénon, René.(CARDINAL)512381;
Subjects: Civilization, Modern.; Culture.; Evolution.;
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Race, culture, and evolution : essays in the history of anthropology / by Stocking, George W.,Jr.(George Ward),1928-2013.(CARDINAL)148143;
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 312-363)
Subjects: Ethnology.;
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The Evolution of southern culture / by Bartley, Numan V.(CARDINAL)140416;
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.;
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The evolution of culture in animals / by Bonner, John Tyler.(CARDINAL)325574;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
Subjects: Social behavior in animals.; Sociobiology.; Culture.;
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The secret of our success : how culture is driving human evolution, domesticating our species, and making us smarter / by Henrich, Joseph Patrick,author.(CARDINAL)528188;
"Humans 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 have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the globe, more than any other species, while remaining virtually helpless as lone individuals? This book shows that the secret of our success lies not in our innate intelligence, but in our collective brains--on the ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another over generations. Drawing insights from lost European explorers, clever chimpanzees, mobile hunter-gatherers, neuroscientific findings, ancient bones, and the human genome, Joseph Henrich demonstrates how our collective brains have propelled our species' genetic evolution and shaped our biology. Our early capacities for learning from others produced many cultural innovations, such as fire, cooking, water containers, plant knowledge, and projectile weapons, which in turn drove the expansion of our brains and altered our physiology, anatomy, and psychology in crucial ways. Later on, some collective brains generated and recombined powerful concepts, such as the lever, wheel, screw, and writing, while also creating the institutions that continue to alter our motivations and perceptions. Henrich shows how our genetics and biology are inextricably interwoven with cultural evolution, and how culture-gene interactions launched our species on an extraordinary evolutionary trajectory. Tracking clues from our ancient past to the present, The Secret of Our Success explores how the evolution of both our cultural and social natures produce a collective intelligence that explains both our species' immense success and the origins of human uniqueness."--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-427) and index.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Behavior evolution.; Cognition and culture.;
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The gap : the science of what separates us from other animals / by Suddendorf, Thomas.(CARDINAL)404065;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-340) and index.The last humans -- Remaining relatives -- Minds comparing minds -- Talking apes -- Time travelers -- Mind readers -- Smarter apes -- A new heritage -- Right and wrong -- Mind the gap -- The real middle earth -- Quo vadis?Suddendorf provides a definitive account of the mental qualities that separate humans from other animals, as well as how these differences arose. He surveys the abilities most often cited as uniquely human-- language, intelligence, morality, culture, theory of mind, and mental time travel-- and finds that two traits account for most of the ways in which our minds appear so distinct: our open-ended ability to imagine and reflect on scenarios, and our insatiable drive to link our minds together.
Subjects: Psychology, Comparative.; Psychology.; Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Communication and culture.;
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Becoming human / [videorecording]. by PBS Distribution (Firm)(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)(CARDINAL)189964;
First steps / produced by Jennifer Beman White ; written and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Birth of humanity / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.) -- Last human standing / written, produced and directed by Graham Townsley (ca. 53 min.)Camera, Reuben Aaronson, Michael Anderson, Stan Barua, Chris Cox, Gary Grieg, Oliver Gurr, Tony Miller, Richard Slater Jones, Gordy Waterman ; ; animation/special effects, People's Republic of Animation, Pixeldust Studios ; editors, Jennifer Beman White, Barbara Burst, Paige Smith Lee ; original score, Joe Delia.Narrator, Lance Lewman."Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter ... "Selam," the amazingly complete remains of a 3 million year-old child, packed with clues to why we split from the apes, came down from the trees, and started walking upright ... [T]he second episode investigates the riddle of "Turkana Boy"--A tantalizing fossil of Homo erectus, the first ancestor to leave Africa and colonize the globe ... [T]he final episode ... explores the origins of "us" -- where modern humans and our capacities for art, invention, and survival came from, and what happened when we encountered the mysterious Neanderthals"--Container.DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs; Science television programs; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Fossil hominids.; Homo erectus; Human evolution.; Neanderthals.; Paleoanthropology.; Prehistoric peoples.; Primates; Social evolution.; Hominidae.; Biological Evolution.; Climate Change.; Cultural Evolution.;
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Origins of the human mind [videorecording] / by Hinshaw, Stephen P.,teacher.(CARDINAL)516877; Teaching Company,production company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-117).Part 1. Disc 1. Brains and minds : evolution and development -- How the human brain works -- Development of the human brain -- Evolution and the brain -- Psychological views of the mind -- Instinct, learning, and emotion -- Disc. 2. Microevolution, culture, and the brain -- Infancy : temperament and attachment -- Childhood : stages and widening contexts -- Adolescence : rebellion, identity, and self -- Adulthood : aging, horizons, and wisdom -- Influences of sex and gender.Part 2. Disc 3. Parallels between development and evolution -- Myths and realities of heritability -- Genes and environments together -- The abnormal mind : what goes wrong? -- Rationality, psychosis, and schizophrenia -- Emotion regulation and mood disorders -- Disc 4. Attention, impulse control, and ADHD -- Empathy, social connections, and autism -- Evolution and the paradox of mental illness -- Roots of religion, aggression, and prejudice -- Bringing in personal narratives -- The future of the human mind.Lecturer: Professor Stephen P. Hinshaw, University of California, Berkeley.Not rated.DVD; NTSC, full screen presentation.
Subjects: Filmed lectures.; Instructional films.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Brain; Intellect.; Social evolution.; Cognition and culture.; Human evolution.;
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Human / by Winston, Robert M. L.(CARDINAL)754959;
Introduction -- Origins -- Body -- Mind -- Life cycle -- Society -- Culture -- Peoples -- Future.
Subjects: Culture.; Human behavior.; Human beings; Human evolution.; Manners and customs.; Social evolution.;
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