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Rethinking Evolution

The Revolution That's Hiding in Plain Sight

de Gene Levinson ...

Narrado por Jeremy Arthur ...

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9 hora 57 minutos

Rethinking Evolution links Darwin's early insights to the molecular realm inside living cells. This updated evolutionary synthesis provides an accessible explanation for biological complexity that cuts through the confusion surrounding evolutionary theory in a practical way. In addition to a wide-ranging survey of proposed updates to the modern synthesis, this title provides extraordinary new ... Leer más

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Rethinking Evolution links Darwin's early insights to the molecular realm inside living cells. This updated evolutionary synthesis provides an accessible explanation for biological complexity that cuts through the confusion surrounding evolutionary theory in a practical way. In addition to a wide-ranging survey of proposed updates to the modern synthesis, this title provides extraordinary new
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Human Extinction

A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation

de Émile P. Torres ...

Narrado por Adam Barr ...

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24 hora 12 minutos

This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks."Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year history as a species. This book provides insight on the key questions that inform this discussion, including ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks."Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year history as a species. This book provides insight on the key questions that inform this discussion, including
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All These Worlds Are Yours

The Scientific Search for Alien Life

de Jon Willis ...

Narrado por Eric Jason Martin ...

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8 hora 3 minutos

Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe,
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Saber-Toothed Tigers: The History and Legacy of the Most Famous Extinct Cat Species

de Charles River Editors ...

Narrado por Daniel Houle ...

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1 horas 55 minutos

Saber-toothed tigers were arguably the most fabled of all the Ice Age creatures. The fearsome beast has earned itself quite the reputation, and it has been referenced to, appeared in, and inspired unique characters in endless books, films, comics, and other pop culture mediums. For example, Marvel's Victor Creed, otherwise known as “Sabretooth,” is most known as Wolverine's nemesis, and he’s ... Leer más

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Saber-toothed tigers were arguably the most fabled of all the Ice Age creatures. The fearsome beast has earned itself quite the reputation, and it has been referenced to, appeared in, and inspired unique characters in endless books, films, comics, and other pop culture mediums. For example, Marvel's Victor Creed, otherwise known as “Sabretooth,” is most known as Wolverine's nemesis, and he’s
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Do Elephants Have Knees? and Other Stories of Darwinian Origins

de Charles R. Ault ...

Narrado por Richard Powers ...

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10 hora 35 minutos

What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories.In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful imagery of story to explain Darwinian thought. At the ... Leer más

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What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories.In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful imagery of story to explain Darwinian thought. At the
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Pax and Enviro-Tech Gamechangers

Volume 3 of Do Unto Earth

de Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Narrado por Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Series Audiolibro 3 - The Do Unto Earth Series
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1 horas 20 minutos

Did aliens really crash at Roswell in 1947? (And, where are the bodies?) Do ETs help mankind advance our technology? Is there a magical soil that can turn saltwater to fresh and end the global water shortage crisis? What’s the best replacement material to all plastics? What’s coming that will make cell phones a thing of the past as our communication technology advances? All this and more is ... Leer más

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Did aliens really crash at Roswell in 1947? (And, where are the bodies?) Do ETs help mankind advance our technology? Is there a magical soil that can turn saltwater to fresh and end the global water shortage crisis? What’s the best replacement material to all plastics? What’s coming that will make cell phones a thing of the past as our communication technology advances? All this and more is
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Origins

The Search for Our Prehistoric Past

de Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes ...

Narrado por Derek Perkins ...

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10 hora 7 minutos

In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life’s past, its long and slow development, and its intricate ... Leer más

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In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life’s past, its long and slow development, and its intricate
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Pax and Our Starseeded Origins

Volume 1 of Do Unto Earth

de Penelope Jean Hayes, Carole Serene Borgens ...

Narrado por Penelope Jean Hayes ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - The Do Unto Earth Series
Completo

2 hora 23 minutos

Is Bigfoot real? Was there a lost continent called Atlantis? What causes navigational anomalies inside the Bermuda Triangle? Are humans actually aliens to Earth? Did ET’s build the Great Pyramids? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God being” and has important information to share with humanity regarding planetary ... Leer más

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Is Bigfoot real? Was there a lost continent called Atlantis? What causes navigational anomalies inside the Bermuda Triangle? Are humans actually aliens to Earth? Did ET’s build the Great Pyramids? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation.Pax self-introduces as the “Divine Universe” and “God being” and has important information to share with humanity regarding planetary
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The Fox, the Shrew, and You

How Brains Evolved

de Rogier B. Mars ...

Narrado por Gail Shalan ...

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6 hora 37 minutos

A leading neuroscientist describes the long evolutionary process that led to the human brain.Our human brain is both unique and similar to that of other species. The only way we can trace its evolution is by comparing it to the brains of animals alive today. In this book, leading neuroscientist Rogier Mars offers an engaging account of the evolution of the brain by exploring the brains and ... Leer más

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A leading neuroscientist describes the long evolutionary process that led to the human brain.Our human brain is both unique and similar to that of other species. The only way we can trace its evolution is by comparing it to the brains of animals alive today. In this book, leading neuroscientist Rogier Mars offers an engaging account of the evolution of the brain by exploring the brains and
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Ève: 200 millions d'années d'évolution au féminin

de Cat Bohannon ...

Narrado por Léonore Boissière ...

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15 hora 35 minutos

"Les corps femelles ne sont pas de simples corps mâles avec des “trucs en plus” (graisse, seins, utérus). Être sexué s'insinue dans toutes les caractéristiques essentielles de notre corps de mammifère, ainsi que dans la vie que nous menons à l'intérieur de ce corps, que nous soyons une souris ou un être humain." Jusqu'à récemment, les scientifiques se sont contentés d'étudier la norme mâle et nous ... Leer más

$32.06 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"Les corps femelles ne sont pas de simples corps mâles avec des “trucs en plus” (graisse, seins, utérus). Être sexué s'insinue dans toutes les caractéristiques essentielles de notre corps de mammifère, ainsi que dans la vie que nous menons à l'intérieur de ce corps, que nous soyons une souris ou un être humain." Jusqu'à récemment, les scientifiques se sont contentés d'étudier la norme mâle et nous
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Jungle

How Tropical Forests Shaped the World—and Us

de Patrick Roberts ...

Narrado por Leighton Pugh ...

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12 hora 41 minutos

From the age of dinosaurs to the first human cities, a groundbreaking new history of the planet that tropical forests made.To many of us, tropical forests are the domain of movies and novels. These dense, primordial wildernesses are beautiful to picture, but irrelevant to our lives.Jungle tells a different story. Archaeologist Patrick Roberts argues that tropical forests have shaped nearly every ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

From the age of dinosaurs to the first human cities, a groundbreaking new history of the planet that tropical forests made.To many of us, tropical forests are the domain of movies and novels. These dense, primordial wildernesses are beautiful to picture, but irrelevant to our lives.Jungle tells a different story. Archaeologist Patrick Roberts argues that tropical forests have shaped nearly every
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Spite

The Upside of Your Dark Side

de Simon McCarthy-Jones ...

Narrado por Chris Clarkson ...

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6 hora 5 minutos

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we
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The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

de Matt Ridley ...

Narrado por Simon Prebble ...

Completo

12 hora 52 minutos

“A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures.” (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller GenomeBrilliantly written, The Red Queen compels us to rethink everything from the persistence of sexism to the endurance of romantic love.Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has ... ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

“A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures.” (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller GenomeBrilliantly written, The Red Queen compels us to rethink everything from the persistence of sexism to the endurance of romantic love.Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has ...
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The Sexual Evolution

How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships

de Nathan H. Lents ...

Narrado por Daniel Henning ...

Completo

13 hora 27 minutos

Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“A bulletproof case that sexual diversity exists in the natural world…The Sexual Evolution is a thoughtfully and delightfully written book full of illuminating and entertaining information that will be new to most readers. At a time when ignorance and misinformation about sex, gender, reproduction, and intimacy abound, we could all ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

Longlisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“A bulletproof case that sexual diversity exists in the natural world…The Sexual Evolution is a thoughtfully and delightfully written book full of illuminating and entertaining information that will be new to most readers. At a time when ignorance and misinformation about sex, gender, reproduction, and intimacy abound, we could all
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Les requins : Ces prédateurs ancestraux qui ont survécu aux dinosaures

de Bernard Colas ...

Narrado por Bernard Colas ...

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2 hora 16 minutos

Explorez la paléontologie et l'évolution fascinante des prédateurs marins ayant survécu aux extinctions massives. Idéal pour enrichir votre trajet quotidien, ce voyage immersif à travers le temps géologique démystifie les géants des mers. Laissez-vous captiver par un récit épique où la science décrypte les mystères d'une incroyable longévité biologique.Plongez dans les eaux du Mésozoïque et ... Leer más

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Explorez la paléontologie et l'évolution fascinante des prédateurs marins ayant survécu aux extinctions massives. Idéal pour enrichir votre trajet quotidien, ce voyage immersif à travers le temps géologique démystifie les géants des mers. Laissez-vous captiver par un récit épique où la science décrypte les mystères d'une incroyable longévité biologique.Plongez dans les eaux du Mésozoïque et
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Extinctions de masse : Les cinq fois où la vie sur Terre a failli disparaître

de Alban Delmas ...

Narrado por Alban Delmas ...

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2 hora 16 minutos

Plongez dans l'histoire de l'évolution et découvrez comment la vie a survécu à cinq cataclysmes planétaires majeurs. Idéal pour transformer votre trajet quotidien en une exploration immersive, ce documentaire audio retrace des millions d'années d'histoire naturelle. Laissez-vous transporter des anciens océans de l'Ordovicien jusqu'au triomphe des mammifères.Au-delà de la simple destruction, cette ... Leer más

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Plongez dans l'histoire de l'évolution et découvrez comment la vie a survécu à cinq cataclysmes planétaires majeurs. Idéal pour transformer votre trajet quotidien en une exploration immersive, ce documentaire audio retrace des millions d'années d'histoire naturelle. Laissez-vous transporter des anciens océans de l'Ordovicien jusqu'au triomphe des mammifères.Au-delà de la simple destruction, cette
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Les chiens : Comment le loup est devenu le meilleur ami de l’humanité

de Rémi Sauvage ...

Narrado por Rémi Sauvage ...

Completo

2 hora 8 minutos

Plongez dans l'histoire fascinante de l'évolution animale qui a transformé le loup sauvage en notre fidèle compagnon. Idéal pour accompagner votre promenade quotidienne, ce récit scientifique retrace la naissance d'une alliance inter-espèces absolument unique. Des premières meutes préhistoriques aux foyers modernes, suivez les traces paléontologiques d'une domestication qui a bouleversé l'humanité ... Leer más

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Plongez dans l'histoire fascinante de l'évolution animale qui a transformé le loup sauvage en notre fidèle compagnon. Idéal pour accompagner votre promenade quotidienne, ce récit scientifique retrace la naissance d'une alliance inter-espèces absolument unique. Des premières meutes préhistoriques aux foyers modernes, suivez les traces paléontologiques d'une domestication qui a bouleversé l'humanité
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Histoire de l’intelligence : Comment l’esprit a évolué et les machines ont commencé à penser

de Serge Thomas ...

Narrado por Serge Thomas ...

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2 hora 9 minutos

Explorez l'évolution de la cognition, des premiers microbes à l'intelligence artificielle, pour mieux penser demain. Cette épopée scientifique fascinante est idéale pour transformer vos trajets en véritables moments d'apprentissage profond. Découvrez comment des organismes simples, puis des cerveaux complexes, ont résolu le défi ultime : traiter l'information pour survivre dans un monde chaotique ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Explorez l'évolution de la cognition, des premiers microbes à l'intelligence artificielle, pour mieux penser demain. Cette épopée scientifique fascinante est idéale pour transformer vos trajets en véritables moments d'apprentissage profond. Découvrez comment des organismes simples, puis des cerveaux complexes, ont résolu le défi ultime : traiter l'information pour survivre dans un monde chaotique
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Performance All the Way Down

Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference

de Richard O. Prum ...

Narrado por Graham Winton ...

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13 hora 56 minutos

The idea that gender is a performance—a tenet of queer feminist theory since the 1990s—has spread from college classrooms to popular culture. In Performance All the Way Down, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard O. Prum brings gender performativity into conversation with genetics, development, and evolutionary biology, arguing that the sexual binary is not essential to human genes, ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The idea that gender is a performance—a tenet of queer feminist theory since the 1990s—has spread from college classrooms to popular culture. In Performance All the Way Down, MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard O. Prum brings gender performativity into conversation with genetics, development, and evolutionary biology, arguing that the sexual binary is not essential to human genes,
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River Out of Eden

A Darwinian View of Life

de Richard Dawkins ...

Narrado por Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

Series series Science Masters
Completo

5 hora 11 minutos

How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as "the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius"), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery. ... Leer más

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How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as "the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius"), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery.
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When Humans Nearly Vanished

The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano

de Donald R. Prothero ...

Narrado por Qarie Marshall ...

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6 hora 47 minutos

Some 73,000 years ago, the Mount Toba supervolcano in today’s Indonesia erupted, releasing the energy of a million tons of explosives. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun’s radiation and caused global temperatures to drop for a decade. In this book, Donald R. Prothero presents the controversial argument that the Toba catastrophe nearly wiped ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Some 73,000 years ago, the Mount Toba supervolcano in today’s Indonesia erupted, releasing the energy of a million tons of explosives. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun’s radiation and caused global temperatures to drop for a decade. In this book, Donald R. Prothero presents the controversial argument that the Toba catastrophe nearly wiped
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Origins of Humans

de Introbooks Team ...

Narrado por Andrea Giordani ...

Completo

41 minutos

Human evolution can be considered to be a lengthy procedure of several transformations in which the people originated from the ape-like ancestors. There are several scientific evidence that reveals that the behavioral and the physical traits that are shared by all the organisms have originated from the ape-like ancestors. They have evolved across lengthy periods of approximately six million years ... Leer más

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Human evolution can be considered to be a lengthy procedure of several transformations in which the people originated from the ape-like ancestors. There are several scientific evidence that reveals that the behavioral and the physical traits that are shared by all the organisms have originated from the ape-like ancestors. They have evolved across lengthy periods of approximately six million years
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Life

The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science

de John Brockman ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain, Antony Ferguson, Jonathan Yen ...

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12 hora 37 minutos

Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter
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Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain

Human Evolution and the Seven Fundamental Motives

de Douglas T. Kenrick, PhD, David E. Lundberg-Kenrick ...

Narrado por Chris Sorensen ...

Series series APA Life Tools
Completo

8 hora 48 minutos

Sharing stories and advice rooted in the science of evolutionary psychology, father and son authors Doug Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick pinpoint the dangers of stone-age problem solving for our lives today, and present a new, systematic way to survive and be happy in the modern world.Over millennia, we humans have evolved a set of motivational systems to help us solve the seven basic problems ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Sharing stories and advice rooted in the science of evolutionary psychology, father and son authors Doug Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick pinpoint the dangers of stone-age problem solving for our lives today, and present a new, systematic way to survive and be happy in the modern world.Over millennia, we humans have evolved a set of motivational systems to help us solve the seven basic problems
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