Pagel, Mark

Wired for culture: the natural history of human cooperation / Mark Pagel - New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2012. - xi, 416 p.

part 1 Mind control ,protection and prosperity -- part 2 Cooperation and our cultural nature -- part 3 the theatre of the mind -- part 4 the many and the few

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? This title reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are.

9780141031606


Human evolution -- Social aspects
Antropología cultural -- social

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