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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-10-10

Books mentioned on #229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution

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

Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ROKA: https://roka.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Goodness Paradox

    Richard Wrangham · at 1:35:45

    The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham is a popular science book exploring how human evolution intertwined extreme aggression and deep prosociality.

    Discussed
    “What is your book titled Goodness Paradox? What are the main ideas in this book?”
    Lex Fridman #229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evol… 2021-10-10 Listen at 1:35:45
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. Catching Fire

    Richard Wrangham · at 1:42:42

    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
    “You also wrote the book titled Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human. What's the central idea in this book?”
    Lex Fridman #229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evol… 2021-10-10 Listen at 1:42:42
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible