The Good Book of Human Nature
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Author | : Carel van Schaik |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2016-05-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780465074709 |
ISBN-13 | : 0465074707 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Good Book of Human Nature by : Carel van Schaik
Book excerpt: "In The Good Book of Human Nature, evolutionary anthropologist Carel van Schaik and historian Kai Michel advance a new view of Homo sapiens' cultural evolution. The Bible, they argue, was written to make sense of the single greatest change in history: the transition from egalitarian hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies. Religion arose as a strategy to cope with the unprecedented levels of epidemic disease, violence, inequality, and injustice that confronted us when we abandoned the bush--and which still confront us today, "--Amazon.com.