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THE HUMAN STORY: A NEW HISTORY OF MANKIND'S EVOLUTION

By: Robin Dunbar
(From the book jacket)
Of the dozen or so hominid species once in existence, why are we the only 
one to have survived?  What is it that sets us so firmly apart from all 
other creatures with whom we share the planet?  How and when did that 
separation come about? For scientists studying evolution, the past decade 
has seen astonishing advances across many disciplines, from genetics to 
behaviour to psychology.  Discoveries which have so revolutionized 
scientific thinking that our basic understanding of who we are has been 
turned upside-down.  "The Human Story" brings together these many threads 
in a manner that is both fascinating and accessible.  Robin Dunbar looks at 
how the human mind has evolved, and draws on his own research to explore 
the deep psychological and biological origins of society.  Is all this new 
science really telling us that music - and, more importantly, religion - 
lie at the very heart of what made us human?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
(From the book jacket)
Robin Dunbar is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of 
Liverpool and has held fellowships at the Universities of Cambridge and 
Stockholm.  He has been praised for "writing that is dizzyingly 
multidisciplinary but shows great generosity to the ordinary reader" 
(Guardian).  His books include "The Trouble with Science" (1995), "an 
eloquent riposte to the anti-science lobby" (Sunday Times), and "Grooming, 
Gossip and the Evolution of Language," praised as "brilliantly original" 
and "a delight to read" (Focus).
His main research interests are the evolution of the mind, and the social 
systems of human and non-human primates; he has carried out field studies 
of monkeys and antelope in East and West Africa, and of wild goats in 
Scotland.  In June 2003 he led a team of academics which won the largest 
single grant ever awarded by the British Academy, to research what it means 
to be human.
Contents
1 Visions in Stone, Page 1
2 The Ape on Two Legs, Page 10
3 Mental Magic, Page 41
4 Brother Ape, Page 77
5 So Sweetly Sung in Tune, Page 108
6 High Culture, Page 138
7 Thus Spake Zarathustra, Page 165
Bibliography, Page 201
Index, Page 208
HOW TO ORDER
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Posted Date: 01/28/05