Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years -- until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms -- and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.
Record details
ISBN:0670024813 :
ISBN:9780670024810 :
Physical Description:xi, 499 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. print
Publisher:New York : Viking, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-481) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue : at the airport -- Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- Compensation for the death of a child -- A short chapter, about a tiny war -- A longer chapter, about many wars -- Bringing up children -- The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- Constructive paranoia -- Lions and other dangers -- What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion -- Speaking in many tongues -- Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth -- Epilogue : at another airport.
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