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008			180905s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a2018028837
020			_a9781101870907
020			_a1101870907
040			_aLBSOR/DLC _beng _erda _cLBSOR _dNjBwBT _dMiTN
050		4	_aGN281.4 _b.W736 2019
100	1		_aWrangham, Richard W., _d1948-
245	1	4	_aThe goodness paradox : _bthe strange relationship between virtue and violence in human evolution / _cRichard Wrangham.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a1901.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _c[2019]
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: virtue and violence in human evolution -- The paradox -- Two types of aggression -- Human domestication -- Breeding peace -- Wild domesticates -- Belyaev's rule in human evolution -- The execution hypothesis -- Capital punishment -- What domestication did -- The evolution of right and wrong -- Proactive aggression -- War -- Chimera.
520			_a"Highly accessible, authoritative, and intellectually provocative, a startlingly original theory of how Homo sapiens came to be: Richard Wrangham forcefully argues that, a quarter of a million years ago, rising intelligence among our ancestors led to a unique new ability with unexpected consequences: our ancestors invented socially sanctioned capital punishment, facilitating domestication, increased cooperation, the accumulation of culture, and ultimately the rise of civilization itself. Throughout history even as quotidian life has exhibited calm and tolerance war has never been far away, and even within societies violence can be a threat. The Goodness Paradox gives a new and powerful argument for how and why this uncanny combination of peacefulness andviolence crystallized after our ancestors acquired language in Africa a quarter of a million years ago. Words allowed the sharing of intentions that enabled men effectively to coordinate their actions. Verbal conspiracies paved the way for planned conflicts and, most importantly, for the uniquely human act of capital punishment. The victims of capital punishment tended to be aggressive men, and as their genes waned, our ancestors became tamer. This ancient form of systemic violence was critical, not onlyencouraging cooperation in peace and war and in culture, but also for making us who we are: Homo sapiens"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aHuman evolution.
650		0	_aHuman behavior.
650		0	_aAggressiveness.
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