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la paradoja de la bondad-richard wrangham-9791399105957

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¿Cuáles son los dos tipos de agresión a los que son propensos los primates y por qué evolucionaron cada uno por separado? ¿Cómo se compara la intensidad de la violencia entre los humanos con el comportamiento agresivo de otros primates? ¿Como se domesticaron los humanos? ¿Y como fueron la adquisicion del idioma y la practica de la pena capital factores determinantes en el surgimiento de la cultura y la civilizacion? Autorizada, provocativa y atractiva, La paradoja de la bondad ofrece una teoria sorprendentemente original de como, en los ultimos 250 millones de años, la humanidad se convirtio en una especie cada vez mas pacifica en las interacciones diarias, incluso cuando su capacidad para la violencia devastadora y friamente planeada permanece intacta. Al rastrear las historias evolutivas de la agresion reactiva y proactiva, el antropologo biologico Richard Wrangham defiende de manera contundente y persuasiva la necesidad de la tolerancia social y el control de la division salvaje que todavia nos persigue hoy.

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DEMONIC MALES APES AND THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN VIOLENCE

Richard Wrangham y PETERSON, DALE

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LTD. 9780747531425

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CATCHING FIRE (EBOOK)

Richard Wrangham

Basic Books 9780786744787

The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humans Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the key factor in human evolution. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking their food, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew. Time once spent chewing tough raw food could be sued instead to hunt and to tend camp. Cooking became the basis for pair bonding and marriage, created the household, and even led to a sexual division of labor. In short, once our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity began. Tracing the contemporary implications of our ancestors diets, Catching Fire sheds new light on how we came to be the social, intelligent, and sexual species we are today. A pathbreaking new theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will provoke controversy and fascinate anyone interested in our ancient origins-or in our modern eating habits.

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CATCHING FIRE

Richard Wrangham

PROFILE BOOKS 9781846682865

In this stunningly original book Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow helped structure human society and created the male female division of labour As our ancestors adapted to using fire humans emerged as the cooking apes Covering everything from food labelling and overweight pets to raw food faddists Catching Fire offers a startlingly original argument about how we came to be the social intelligent and sexual species we are today This notion is surprising fresh and in the hands of Richard Wrangham utterly persuasive Big new ideas do not come along often in evolution these days but this is one Matt Ridley author of Genome

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THE GOODNESS PARADOX (EBOOK)

Richard Wrangham

Vintage 9781101870914

A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary neighbors.Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our NatureWe Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest. What occurred during human evolution to account for this paradox? What are the two kinds of aggression that primates are prone to, and why did each evolve separately? How does the intensity of violence among humans compare with the aggressive behavior of other primates? How did humans domesticate themselves? And how were the acquisition of language and the practice of capital punishment determining factors in the rise of culture and civilization?Authoritative, provocative, and engaging, The Goodness Paradox offers a startlingly original theory of how, in the last 250 million years, humankind became an increasingly peaceful species in daily interactions even as its capacity for coolly planned and devastating violence remains undiminished. In tracing the evolutionary histories of reactive and proactive aggression, biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham forcefully and persuasively argues for the necessity of social tolerance and the control of savage divisiveness still haunting us today.

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EN LLAMAS (EBOOK)

Richard Wrangham

CAPITAN SWING 9788412042627

Desde Darwin la evolución humana se ha atribuido a nuestra inteligencia y adaptabilidad. Pero en "En llamas", el renombrado primatólogo Richard Wrangham presenta una alternativa sorprendente: nuestro exito evolutivo es el resultado de la cocina. El cambio de alimentos crudos a alimentos cocidos fue el factor clave en la evolucion humana. Una vez que se comenzo a cocinar, el tracto digestivo humano se contrajo y el cerebro crecio. El tiempo, una vez dedicado a masticar alimentos crudos y duros, podria ser demandado para cazar y cuidar el campamento. La cocina se convirtio en la base para la union de pareja y el matrimonio, creo el hogar e incluso condujo a una division sexual del trabajo. En resumen, una vez que nuestros antepasados se adaptaron al uso del fuego, la humanidad comenzo.

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EN LLAMAS: COMO LA COCINA NOS HIZO HUMANOS

Richard Wrangham

Capitán Swing Libros 9788494966873

Desde Darwin la evolución humana se ha atribuido a nuestra inteligencia y adaptabilidad. Pero en “En llamas”, el renombrado primatólogo Richard Wrangham presenta una alternativa sorprendente: nuestro

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