Human Evolution

Nature - Effect Of Human Beings On

Social Evolution

Table of Contents
Prologue p. 1
Part 1 Just Another Species of Big Mammal p. 11
1 A Tale of Three Chimps p. 15
2 The Great Leap Forward p. 32
Part 2 An Animal with a Strange Life Cycle p. 59
3 The Evolution of Human Sexuality p. 67
4 The Science of Adultery p. 85
5 How We Pick Our Mates and Sex Partners p. 99
6 Sexual Selection, and the Origin of Human Races p. 110
7 Why Do We Grow Old and Die? p. 122
Part 3 Uniquely Human p. 137
8 Bridges to Human Language p. 141
9 Animal Origins of Art p. 168
10 Agriculture's Mixed Blessings p. 180
11 Why Do We Smoke, Drink, and Use Dangerous Drugs? p. 192
12 Alone in a Crowded Universe p. 205
Part 4 World Conquerors p. 217
13 The Last First Contacts p. 223
14 Accidental Conquerors p. 235
15 Horses, Hittites, and History p. 249
16 In Black and White p. 276
Part 5 Reversing Our Progress Overnight p. 311
17 The Golden Age That Never Was p. 317
18 Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World p. 339
19 The Second Cloud p. 349
Epilogue: Nothing Learned, and Everything Forgotten? p. 363
Acknowledgments p. 369
Further Readings p. 371
Index p. 393