A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species

(Part of the The University Center for Human Values Series Series)

by Robert Boyd

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How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species

Human beings have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability--people are just smarter than all the rest. But Robert Boyd argues that culture--our ability to learn from each other--has been the essential ingredient of our remarkable...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691195900

ISBN13:9780691195902

Release Date:November 2019

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"

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Psychology Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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