The Resource Demonic males : apes and the origins of human violence, Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
Demonic males : apes and the origins of human violence, Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
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- Summary
- Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can we do about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, Demonic Males offers startling new answers to these questions. Dramatic, vivid, and sometimes shocking, but firmly grounded in meticulous scientific research, Demonic Males will stir controversy and debate. It will be required reading for anyone concerned about the spiral of violence undermining human society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Contents
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- Paradise lost
- Time machine
- Roots
- Raiding
- Paradise imagined
- A question of temperament
- Relationship violence
- The price of freedom
- Legacies
- The gentle ape
- Message from the southern forests
- Taming the demon
- Kakama's doll
- Isbn
- 9780395690017
- Label
- Demonic males : apes and the origins of human violence
- Title
- Demonic males
- Title remainder
- apes and the origins of human violence
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can we do about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, Demonic Males offers startling new answers to these questions. Dramatic, vivid, and sometimes shocking, but firmly grounded in meticulous scientific research, Demonic Males will stir controversy and debate. It will be required reading for anyone concerned about the spiral of violence undermining human society
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wrangham, Richard W.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Peterson, Dale
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Apes
- Aggressive behavior in animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Aggression
- Hominidae
- Aggressive behavior in animals
- Apes
- Label
- Demonic males : apes and the origins of human violence, Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Paradise lost -- Time machine -- Roots -- Raiding -- Paradise imagined -- A question of temperament -- Relationship violence -- The price of freedom -- Legacies -- The gentle ape -- Message from the southern forests -- Taming the demon -- Kakama's doll
- Control code
- 280252
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780395690017
- Lccn
- 96020346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780395690017
- (OCoLC)34798075
- Label
- Demonic males : apes and the origins of human violence, Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Paradise lost -- Time machine -- Roots -- Raiding -- Paradise imagined -- A question of temperament -- Relationship violence -- The price of freedom -- Legacies -- The gentle ape -- Message from the southern forests -- Taming the demon -- Kakama's doll
- Control code
- 280252
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780395690017
- Lccn
- 96020346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780395690017
- (OCoLC)34798075
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