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Books by Richard Wrangham mentioned on podcasts
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The Goodness Paradox
The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham is an evolutionary biology book that investigates the complex relationship between human kindness and meticulously planned violence.
Recommended“second one is outside of my discipline and it's the goodness Paradox by Richard rangam that gets at the question of why humans can be so good to each other but also can be so bad and when we're bad we plan it meticulously and execute it over a long period of time um rather than just do it spontaneously”
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Catching Fire
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham is a provocative anthropological study arguing that the harnessing of fire and the invention of cooking were the primary driving forces behind human biological and social evolution.
Discussed“and since then he's published two others catching fire”
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Demonic males
Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Dale Peterson and Richard Wrangham examines primate aggression, evolutionary biology, and the parallels between chimpanzee warfare and human conflict.
Discussed“i ran across dr rangham's work back in 1996 he wrote a book with dale peterson demonic males very provocatively titled a study of aggression in primates including human beings and an analysis as well of sex differences”
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