Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-05-02

Jordan Peterson & Richard Wrangham: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #249

249. Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes | Richard Wrangham

3 books · With Richard Wrangham · Listen · Watch on YouTube

This conversation was recorded on September 1, 2021. I spoke to Richard Wrangham about his research on ape behavior.

Jordan Peterson discussed Demonic males by Dale Peterson and others, Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham, and The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Demonic males

    Dale Peterson; Richard Wrangham · at 0:48 · mentioned 3 times

    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”
    Where to get it
  2. Catching Fire

    Richard Wrangham · at 0:59 · mentioned 3 times

    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”
    Where to get it
  3. The Goodness Paradox

    Richard Wrangham · at 1:26 · mentioned 2 times

    The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham is an evolutionary biology book that investigates the complex relationship between human kindness and meticulously planned violence.

    Discussed
    “and then more recently the goodness paradox the strange relationship between virtue and violence and human evolution which was published in 2019”
    Where to get it