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Best Thinking Books on Human Evolution and its Profound Implications
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On Human NatureOn Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $16.98
The one and only classic.
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the AuthorThe Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.94
Reductionist -- and a perspective worthy of consideration.
The Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money--Your World Through Darwin's EyesThe Disposable Male: Sex, Love, and Money--Your World Through Darwin's Eyes by Michael Gilbert
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Excellent introduction to evolutionary psychology, and the contemporary issues men, women and their shared humanity now faces.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.43
The fate and "evolution" of civilizations according to technological innovation, geographic and natural resource advantage. A fascinating and provocative read.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
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What happens when societies and the human animal forgets that they are part of an ecosystem larger than themselves, read on.
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first CenturyThe World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
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It's not just that the world is flat, it's the global realization that we share a common fate on a small and desolate planet.
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World ViewThe Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View by Richard Tarnas
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.00
An elegant explanation of the last magnificant 5,000 years, and its rapid evolution relative to the 100,000 preceeding it.
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
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A clear albeit academic articulation that we're brilliant and creative animals -- but animals none the less.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of LifeDarwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett
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The profound implication of design by natural selection -- and its struggle to assert itself in a human mindfield of ideology and tribalism.
The Revenge of GaiaThe Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock
Buy new: $21.18 / Used from: $2.70
By the author of the original Gaia Hypothosis, a passionate plea to recognize our predictiment, acknowledge our natural history and lead ourselves into a better tomorrow.
Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human EvolutionFood of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution by Terence Mckenna
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $9.75
A mind-altering argument on the dramatic transformation from Hominids to Homo Sapiens, aided by the entheogenic plant medicines of the world.
Civilization and Its DiscontentsCivilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
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A penetrating examination b/w self and society, animal and human, primitive and rationalism