Évolution

Notre histoire ancestrale se dévoile à travers la science de pointe, révélant comment l'ADN, la sélection naturelle et les forces biologiques ont façonné tout, de nos corps à nos comportements. Des penseurs de premier plan éclairent la place de l'humanité dans la grande expérience de la nature, explorant le sexe, l'intelligence, la santé et les innombrables particularités qui font de nous des êtres uniquement humains.

Évolution Résumés de livres

The Science of Attraction

par Patrick King • 2017

Flirting follows a script, attraction runs on biology. The rules for making both work in your favor.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤐 Nonverbal Communication 💋 Flirting Techniques 🔬 Attraction Science 💘 Mate Selection

The Science of Attraction

Flirting follows a script, attraction runs on biology. The rules for making both work in your favor.

par Patrick King 2017 135 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤐 Nonverbal Communication 💋 Flirting Techniques 🔬 Attraction Science 💘 Mate Selection

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

par Alan S. Miller • 2006

The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🙏 Psychology Of Religion

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.

par Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🙏 Psychology Of Religion

Richard Dawkins

par Mark Ridley • 2006

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Science Advocacy

Richard Dawkins

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

par Mark Ridley 2006 304 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Science Advocacy

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

par Michael Tomasello • 1999

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

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🧠 Cognitive Development 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Social Cognition 🗣️ Language Acquisition 💭 Symbolic Thought

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

par Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Development 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Social Cognition 🗣️ Language Acquisition 💭 Symbolic Thought

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

par Carl Zimmer • 2018

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

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🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture 🧪 Epigenetics 🦴 Ancient DNA

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

par Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages

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🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture 🧪 Epigenetics 🦴 Ancient DNA

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

par Frans de Waal • 2016

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

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🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Social Intelligence 🌿 Behavioral Ecology

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

par Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages

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🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤝 Social Intelligence 🌿 Behavioral Ecology

Subliminal

par Leonard Mlodinow • 2012

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Constructed Reality 🤝 Social Cognition

Subliminal

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

par Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Constructed Reality 🤝 Social Cognition

Separation

par John Bowlby • 1972

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

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🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏠 Family Systems 😢 Loss And Grief

Separation

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

par John Bowlby 1972 444 pages

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🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏠 Family Systems 😢 Loss And Grief

Peoplewatching

par Desmond Morris • 2002

A field guide for reading the signals people send without knowing they are sending them.

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🧍 Body Language 🐒 Ethology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 😶 Facial Expressions 🔍 Deception Detection

Peoplewatching

A field guide for reading the signals people send without knowing they are sending them.

par Desmond Morris 2002 544 pages

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🧍 Body Language 🐒 Ethology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 😶 Facial Expressions 🔍 Deception Detection

Climbing Mount Improbable

par Richard Dawkins • 1996

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

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👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

Climbing Mount Improbable

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

par Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages

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👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution 🔬 Embryonic Development 🧬 Gene-Centered Evolution

Virus of the Mind

par Richard Brodie • 1995

Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.

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🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

Virus of the Mind

Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.

par Richard Brodie 1995 256 pages

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🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

Who We Are and How We Got Here

par David Reich • 2018

Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.

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🧬 Ancient Dna 🏺 Human Prehistory 🤝 Population Admixture 🌍 Human Origins 🧪 Genome Revolution

Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.

par David Reich 2018 335 pages

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🧬 Ancient Dna 🏺 Human Prehistory 🤝 Population Admixture 🌍 Human Origins 🧪 Genome Revolution

Spinoza avait raison

par António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧬 Embodied Cognition

Spinoza avait raison

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

par António Damásio 2001 355 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧬 Embodied Cognition

Black and White Thinking

par Kevin Dutton • 2021

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking 🖼️ Framing Effects ⚡ Polarization

Black and White Thinking

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

par Kevin Dutton 2021

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking 🖼️ Framing Effects ⚡ Polarization

The Emotional Brain

par Joseph E. LeDoux • 1996

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 😟 Anxiety Disorders

The Emotional Brain

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

par Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 😟 Anxiety Disorders

Nonzero

par Robert Wright

History bends toward cooperation, not because we're good, but because interdependence pays.

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📜 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🏛️ Social Complexity 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Nonzero

History bends toward cooperation, not because we're good, but because interdependence pays.

par Robert Wright 450 pages

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📜 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🏛️ Social Complexity 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

What Doesn't Kill Us

par Scott Carney • 2017

Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.

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🧊 Cold Exposure 🧬 Evolutionary Health 🌬️ Breathwork ⚡ Stress Adaptation 🏔️ Endurance Training

What Doesn't Kill Us

Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.

par Scott Carney 2017 272 pages

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🧊 Cold Exposure 🧬 Evolutionary Health 🌬️ Breathwork ⚡ Stress Adaptation 🏔️ Endurance Training

The Sweet Spot

par Paul Bloom • 2021

Why you chase pain, from ghost peppers to marathons, and how difficulty makes life meaningful.

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😊 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧭 Psychology Of Meaning 🌊 Flow States 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Sweet Spot

Why you chase pain, from ghost peppers to marathons, and how difficulty makes life meaningful.

par Paul Bloom 2021 304 pages

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😊 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧭 Psychology Of Meaning 🌊 Flow States 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set

par Yuval Noah Harari • 2019

The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.

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🏛️ Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🤖 Technological Change ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set

The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.

par Yuval Noah Harari 2019

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🏛️ Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🤖 Technological Change ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

The Mathematics of Life

par Ian Stewart • 2011

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

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🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🌱 Pattern Formation

The Mathematics of Life

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

par Ian Stewart 2011 371 pages

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🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory 🕸️ Network Theory 🌱 Pattern Formation

L'Origine des espèces

par Charles Darwin • 1859

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science 🌿 Speciation ⏳ Gradualism

L'Origine des espèces

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

par Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science 🌿 Speciation ⏳ Gradualism

Origins of Human Communication

par Michael Tomasello • 1999

Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.

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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics 🤝 Cooperative Communication 👋 Gesture Studies 🐒 Comparative Psychology 📚 Cultural Transmission

Origins of Human Communication

Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.

par Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics 🤝 Cooperative Communication 👋 Gesture Studies 🐒 Comparative Psychology 📚 Cultural Transmission

Age of Empathy

par Frans de Waal • 2009

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

Age of Empathy

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

par Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

The Essential Difference

par Simon Baron-Cohen • 2003

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

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🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🌈 Autism Spectrum

The Essential Difference

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

par Simon Baron-Cohen 2003 288 pages

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🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Theory Of Mind 🌈 Autism Spectrum

God's Undertaker

par John C. Lennox • 2002

Cosmology, biology, and history do not point away from a creator; they point toward one.

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🧬 Intelligent Design ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion 🎯 Fine-Tuning Argument 🦴 Evolutionary Debates

God's Undertaker

Cosmology, biology, and history do not point away from a creator; they point toward one.

par John C. Lennox 2002 224 pages

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🧬 Intelligent Design ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion 🎯 Fine-Tuning Argument 🦴 Evolutionary Debates

Plagues and Peoples

par William H. McNeill • 1976

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

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💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History 🌿 Environmental History 🧬 Coevolution

Plagues and Peoples

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

par William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages

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💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History 🌿 Environmental History 🧬 Coevolution

Unconscious Branding

par Douglas Van Praet • 2012

The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.

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🧠 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Psychology 🏷️ Brand Strategy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌀 Unconscious Influence

Unconscious Branding

The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.

par Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages

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🧠 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Psychology 🏷️ Brand Strategy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌀 Unconscious Influence

Mind Wide Open

par Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Mind Wide Open

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

par Steven Johnson 1999 274 pages

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

par Dean Buonomano • 2017

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

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⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms 🎭 Free Will 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

par Dean Buonomano 2017 304 pages

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⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms 🎭 Free Will 🧠 Consciousness Studies

La question vitale

par Nick Lane • 2016

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life ⚡ Bioenergetics 🤝 Symbiosis

La question vitale

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

par Nick Lane 2016 368 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life ⚡ Bioenergetics 🤝 Symbiosis

The Consciousness Instinct

par Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018

Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Modular Brain 🧬 Evolution Of Mind 🌱 Emergent Consciousness

The Consciousness Instinct

Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.

par Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Modular Brain 🧬 Evolution Of Mind 🌱 Emergent Consciousness

La magie de la réalité

par Richard Dawkins • 2011

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

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La magie de la réalité

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

par Richard Dawkins 2011 272 pages

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The Philosophical Baby

par Alison Gopnik • 2003

Babies notice everything adults filter out. What children's minds reveal about truth, love, meaning.

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 👶 Child Cognition 🎭 Imagination And Play ⚖️ Moral Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Philosophical Baby

Babies notice everything adults filter out. What children's minds reveal about truth, love, meaning.

par Alison Gopnik 2003 304 pages

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 👶 Child Cognition 🎭 Imagination And Play ⚖️ Moral Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

When Science Meets Religion

par Ian G. Barbour • 2000

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

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📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology 🧬 Evolution And Faith ⚡ Divine Action

When Science Meets Religion

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

par Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages

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📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology 🧬 Evolution And Faith ⚡ Divine Action

Human Instinct

par Robert Winston • 2002

Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology ⚡ Mismatch Theory 💕 Mate Preferences 👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection

Human Instinct

Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.

par Robert Winston 2002 352 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology ⚡ Mismatch Theory 💕 Mate Preferences 👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection

At Home in the Universe

par Stuart A. Kauffman • 1995

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization 🐦 Emergence 🔄 Adaptive Systems

At Home in the Universe

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

par Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 pages

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization 🐦 Emergence 🔄 Adaptive Systems

The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament

par Robert M. Sapolsky • 1997

Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.

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🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🐒 Primate Behavior

The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament

Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.

par Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 pages

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🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🐒 Primate Behavior

Le code du cancer

par Jason Fung • 2020

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

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🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 🔬 Metabolic Health

Le code du cancer

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

par Jason Fung 2020 288 pages

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🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism 🛡️ Cancer Prevention 🔬 Metabolic Health

The Bonobo and the Atheist

par Frans de Waal • 2013

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

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🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 📊 Social Hierarchy

The Bonobo and the Atheist

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

par Frans de Waal 2013 289 pages

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🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 📊 Social Hierarchy

The Archaeology of Mind

par Jaak Panksepp • 2012

Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology 🐾 Animal Emotions 🌊 Evolution Of Emotion

The Archaeology of Mind

Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.

par Jaak Panksepp 2012 592 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology 🐾 Animal Emotions 🌊 Evolution Of Emotion

Monkeyluv

par Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

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🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

Monkeyluv

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

par Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages

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🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

Hidden Games

par Erez Yoeli • 2022

Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.

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🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦚 Costly Signaling 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔍 Motivated Reasoning

Hidden Games

Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.

par Erez Yoeli 2022 368 pages

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🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦚 Costly Signaling 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔍 Motivated Reasoning

The Lives of a Cell

par Lewis Thomas • 1974

You are a mobile habitat, viruses are roaming genes, and Earth is a single cell.

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📝 Science Essays 🌲 Nature Writing 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Cellular Biology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Lives of a Cell

You are a mobile habitat, viruses are roaming genes, and Earth is a single cell.

par Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages

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📝 Science Essays 🌲 Nature Writing 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Cellular Biology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living

par Jeff S. Volek • 2011

The clinical case for fat as fuel: why ketosis heals what carbohydrate overload breaks.

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🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health 🫀 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Saturated Fat

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living

The clinical case for fat as fuel: why ketosis heals what carbohydrate overload breaks.

par Jeff S. Volek 2011 316 pages

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🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health 🫀 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Saturated Fat

The Hidden Brain

par Shankar Vedantam • 2009

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

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🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

The Hidden Brain

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

par Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages

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🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

Everyone Is African

par Daniel J. Fairbanks • 2015

Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🔬 Scientific Racism 🧬 Genetic Ancestry 🌍 Out Of Africa 🏥 Health Disparities

Everyone Is African

Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.

par Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages

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🧬 Human Genetics 🔬 Scientific Racism 🧬 Genetic Ancestry 🌍 Out Of Africa 🏥 Health Disparities

When Men Behave Badly

par David M. Buss • 2021

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

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🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression 🚨 Intimate Partner Violence 🖤 Dark Personality Traits

When Men Behave Badly

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

par David M. Buss 2021 336 pages

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🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression 🚨 Intimate Partner Violence 🖤 Dark Personality Traits

The Pattern Seekers

par Simon Baron-Cohen • 2020

The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity 🔗 Causal Reasoning 🔍 Pattern Recognition

The Pattern Seekers

The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.

par Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity 🔗 Causal Reasoning 🔍 Pattern Recognition

Why We Lie

par David Livingstone Smith • 2004

Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception 🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence 🌌 Unconscious Mind

Why We Lie

Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.

par David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages

3.62

260 évaluations

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception 🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence 🌌 Unconscious Mind

Executive Functions

par Russell A. Barkley • 2012

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

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🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Mental Time Travel 🤝 Social Cognition

Executive Functions

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

par Russell A. Barkley 2012 244 pages

4.06

126 évaluations

🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Mental Time Travel 🤝 Social Cognition

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