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Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets
The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
by Cecilia Heyes 2018 304 pages
3.77
178 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
by Pascal Boyer 2018 359 pages
3.91
371 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
What Evolution Is Summary
What Evolution Is
by Ernst W. Mayr 2001 318 pages
4.02
3.9K ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010 304 pages
3.51
633 ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Holland 2011 144 pages
4.00
228 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind
Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going
by Marvin Harris 1989 547 pages
4.16
655 ratings
Anthropology
Science
History
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire Summary
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee 2025 288 pages
3.66
121 ratings
Science
History
Evolution
The Case of the Female Orgasm Summary
The Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 2005 320 pages
3.97
123 ratings
Science
Sexuality
Feminism
Pandora's Seed Summary
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
by Spencer Wells 2010 256 pages
3.77
1.1K ratings
Science
History
Anthropology
What Do You Think You Are? Summary
What Do You Think You Are?
The Science of What Makes You You
by Brian Clegg 2020 288 pages
3.30
130 ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
Human Devolution Summary
Human Devolution
A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory
by Michael A. Cremo 2003 554 pages
4.12
156 ratings
History
Biology
Science
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain Summary
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain
Human Evolution and the Seven Fundamental Motives
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2022 364 pages
3.87
45 ratings
Psychology
Evolution
The Invisible History of the Human Race Summary
The Invisible History of the Human Race
How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
by Christine Kenneally 2014 355 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
Science
History
Genetics
Undeniable Summary
Undeniable
How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
by Douglas Axe 2016 304 pages
4.04
646 ratings
Science
Biology
Religion
Evolution's Captain Summary
Evolution's Captain
The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World
by Peter Nichols 2003 336 pages
3.97
470 ratings
History
Biography
Science
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
by David Sloan Wilson 2019 288 pages
3.96
354 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Creation Summary
Creation
How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself
by Adam Rutherford 2013 288 pages
3.98
748 ratings
Science
Biology
Evolution
Once a Wolf Summary
Once a Wolf
The Science Behind Our Dogs' Astonishing Genetic Evolution
by Bryan Sykes 2019 304 pages
3.48
309 ratings
Science
Animals
Dogs
Darwin and Evolution Summary
Darwin and Evolution
by Paul Strathern 1999 96 pages
3.57
122 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biography
Domesticated Summary
Domesticated
Evolution in a Man-Made World
by Richard C. Francis 2015 498 pages
3.98
578 ratings
Science
Animals
History
Darwin's Children Summary
Darwin's Children
by Greg Bear 2002 493 pages
3.66
5.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Evolution
The Next Species Summary
The Next Species
The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
by Michael Tennesen 2015 336 pages
3.71
308 ratings
Science
Evolution
Biology
Warriors and Worriers Summary
Warriors and Worriers
The Survival of the Sexes
by Joyce F Benenson 2014 288 pages
4.11
150 ratings
Psychology
Science
Biology
Ultrasociety Summary
Ultrasociety
How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
by Peter Turchin 2015 274 pages
4.12
450 ratings
History
Anthropology
Sociology
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption Summary
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad 2007 360 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Psychology
Evolution
Science
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011 256 pages
3.57
667 ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Adaptable Summary
Adaptable
How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us
by Herman Pontzer 2025 352 pages
4.11
131 ratings
Science
Health
Biology
The Social Conquest of Earth Summary
The Social Conquest of Earth
by Edward O. Wilson 2012 352 pages
4.02
4.3K ratings
Science
History
Biology
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