Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts? How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe? And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen? In 1987, Harvey Whitehouse went to live with an indigenous community deep in the Papua New Guinea rainforest. His experiences there convinced him that, far from being wildly different, humans are fundamentally alike: their beliefs and behaviours rooted in a set of evolutionary urges that can be found in any society, anywhere. Here, Whitehouse roves across twelve millennia and five continents to uncover how these evolved urges have both shaped and been reshaped by human history. Along the way, he shows that this ancient inheritance does not just hold the key to explaining the modern world – but perhaps also to changing it.

SKU	897735
Autor	WHITEHOUSE, HARVEY
Editora	PENGUIN UK
ISBN	9781529159158
EAN	9781529159158
Categoria	Ciências Humanas e Sociais
Assunto	Antropologia
Páginas	368
Número da Edição
Ano da Edição	2025
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