“This is an important book and likely the most thoughtful of the year in the social sciences...
Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thought-provoking books of the …

A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to
explore the development and workings of human societies.“There is no good reason why …

Is the universe around us a figment of our imagination? Or are our minds figments of reality?
In this refreshing new look at the evolution of mind and culture, bestselling authors Ian …

Humans are animals that specialize in thinking and knowing, and our extraordinary
cognitive abilities have transformed every aspect of our lives. In contrast to our chimpanzee …

One of the main goals of cognitive science is to discover the underlying principles that
characterize human cognition, but this enterprise is complicated by culturally-driven …

Although Darwin insisted that human intelligence could be fully explained by the theory of
evolution, the codiscoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace, claimed that abstract …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Although researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the
human mind is the product of our evolutionary history, it has only been in the last three …

Since the emergence of our species at least, natural selection based on genetic variation
has been replaced by culture as the major driving force in human evolution. It has made us …

Bridging the gap between evolutionary theory and cultural psychology, Michael Tomasello
argues that the roots of the human capacity for symbol-based culture are based in a cluster …