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Tag: Cultural Evolution

October 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why We Cooperate” by Michael Tomasello

September 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Introduction to Cultural Ecology” by Sutton and Anderson

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Article Summary: “Is It Good To Cooperate?” by Curry, Mullins and Whitehouse

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Article Summary: “Economic Man in Cross-Cultural Perspective” by many

July 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution” by Bowles and Gintis

March 17, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The WIERDest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich

January 27, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Farmers” by David Bellwood

January 15, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Evolution of Human Societies” by Johnson and Earle

November 22, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Is There Anything Good About Men?” by Roy F. Baumeister

May 20, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Emergence: the Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software” by Steven Johnson

May 15, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Gap: Science of What Separates Us from Animals” by Thomas Suddendorf

April 13, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi

April 13, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution…” by Peter Corning

April 8, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley

April 7, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators…” by Peter Turchin

April 3, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Puzzle of Monogamous Marriage” by Henrich, Boyd and Richerson

April 2, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Marriage and Civilization: How Monogamy Made Us Human” by William Tucker

March 29, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Pace of Cultural Evolution” by Charles Perreault

March 24, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson

March 11, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Course Summary: “Principles of Human Ecology” by Peter Richerson et al

February 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing” by Ronald Inglehart

January 31, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution” by Richerson and Boyd

January 13, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human” by Richard L. Currier

January 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels” by Ian Morris

January 2, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich

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