Richard Wrangham: 2 books
Catching Fire
How Cooking Made Us Human
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humans
Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham...
The Goodness Paradox
The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
“A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary neighbors.”
—Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature
We Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the...