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Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human (Paperback, Main): Richard Wrangham Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human (Paperback, Main)
Richard Wrangham 1
R392 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R68 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ever since Darwin and "The Descent of Man," the existence 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. When our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity began. 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. 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.

The Goodness Paradox - How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent (Paperback): Richard Wrangham The Goodness Paradox - How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent (Paperback)
Richard Wrangham 1
R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'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

'A brilliant analysis of the role of aggression in our evolutionary history' Jane Goodall

It may not always seem so, but day-to-day interactions between individual humans are extraordinarily peaceful. That is not to say that we are perfect, just far less violent than most animals, especially our closest relatives, the chimpanzee and their legendarily docile cousins, the Bonobo. Perhaps surprisingly, we rape, maim, and kill many fewer of our neighbours than all other primates and almost all undomesticated animals. But there is one form of violence that humans exceed all other animals in by several degrees: organized proactive violence against other groups of humans. It seems, we are the only animal that goes to war.

In the Goodness Paradox, Richard Wrangham wrestles with this paradox at the heart of human behaviour. Drawing on new research by geneticists, neuroscientists, primatologists, and archaeologists, he shows that what domesticated our species was nothing less than the invention of capital punishment which eliminated the least cooperative and most aggressive among us. But that development is exactly what laid the groundwork for the worst of our atrocities.

Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition): Richard Wrangham Catching Fire - How Cooking Made Us Human (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)
Richard Wrangham
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man , the existence 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 ground-breaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the key factor in human evolution. When our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity began. 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 labour. 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.

Science and Conservation in African Forests - The Benefits of Longterm Research (Hardcover): Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross Science and Conservation in African Forests - The Benefits of Longterm Research (Hardcover)
Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross
R3,143 Discovery Miles 31 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Forests need apes as much as the apes need the forests. They are the gardeners of the forest - keystone species in the ecology of African and Southeast Asian forests, dispersing seeds, creating light gaps and pruning branch-tips whilst feeding. Their habitat comprises two of the planet's three major tropical forest blocks that are essential for global climate regulation. But the economic pressures that are destroying ape habitats are much greater than current available conservation finance. This unique case study from the Kibale national park illustrates how biological research has had diverse consequences for conservation. It examines effects on habitat management, community relations, ecotourism and training. Lessons learned from this project over the last 20 years will inspire researchers and conservationists to work together to promote biodiversity through field projects.

The Goodness Paradox - The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution (Paperback): Richard Wrangham The Goodness Paradox - The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution (Paperback)
Richard Wrangham
R532 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R129 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Science and Conservation in African Forests - The Benefits of Longterm Research (Paperback): Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross Science and Conservation in African Forests - The Benefits of Longterm Research (Paperback)
Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross
R1,675 Discovery Miles 16 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Forests need apes as much as the apes need the forests. They are the gardeners of the forest - keystone species in the ecology of African and Southeast Asian forests, dispersing seeds, creating light gaps and pruning branch-tips whilst feeding. Their habitat comprises two of the planet"s three major tropical forest blocks that are essential for global climate regulation. But the economic pressures that are destroying ape habitats are much greater than current available conservation finance. This unique case study from the Kibale national park illustrates how biological research has had diverse consequences for conservation. It examines effects on habitat management, community relations, ecotourism and training. Lessons learned from this project over the last 20 years will inspire researchers and conservationists to work together to promote biodiversity through field projects.

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