Pagel, Mark D.   1954- <br/><br/>
Wired for culture :  origins of the human social mind / 
Mark Pagel. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton,  c2012. 
 - xi, 416 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-392) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393065879 (hbk.) 0393065871 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human evolution.<br/>Social evolution.<br/>Evolution (Biology)<br/>Evolutionary genetics.<br/>Evolución humana <br/>Evolución social <br/>Evolución (Biología)<br/>Genética evolutiva <br/>Genética<br/>Evolución<br/>Cambio social
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN 281   / P133w 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4