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	Book	Title	Price
		The Moral Animal : Why We Are the Way We Are : The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wright An accessible introduction to the science of evolutionary psychology and how it explains many aspects of human nature. Unlike many books on the topic,which focus on abstractions like kin selection, this book focuses on Darwinian explanations of why we are the way we are--emotionally and morally. Wright deals particularly well with explaining the reasons for the stereotypical dynamics of the three big "S's:" sex, siblings, and society	Only $12.00
		The Red Queen : Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley Citing the Red Queen from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators, and answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture.	Only $11.96
		Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind by David M. Buss A comprehensive book on Evolutionary Psychology, with a new perspective on the fascinating puzzles of human nature. Composed of cutting-edge research and featuring an engaging writing style, the book contains stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications of the personal life of the reader.	Only $53.75
		Children of Prometheus by Christopher Wills Wills (biology, U. of California-San Diego) argues that human are evolving faster rather than slower than they used to, at least partly because of the changes they themselves have made in their environment. He describes harsh climates in Tibet, new diseases in Africa, stress in the British civil service, and other causes as spurs to rapid adaptation	Only $12.75
		The Adapted Mind : Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture by Jerome H. Barkow (Editor), Leda Cosmides (Editor), John Tooby (Editor) This book provides explantions for humnan behavior, that in my opnion, are the "real thing". All the ariticles are well written and based on sound, scientific research. It is not easy reading, but it is well worth it. I think that anyone studying or interested in human behavior should read this book.	Only $35.00
		Evolution in Mind : An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology by H.C. Plotkin We aren't very strong nor very fast, we have insufficient body hair to keep us warm and dry, and we will never eat bananas with our feet. But like our chimpanzee cousins, we, the naked apes, have evolved to flourish in our surroundings. For the human race, the criticial evolution of the past million years has been the evolution of our minds. Yet psychology has long been deeply ambivalent aobut Darwin's unsettling discoveries.	Only $19.57
		The Evolution of Desire : Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss Presents a unified theory of human mating behavior based on a study encompassing over 10,000 people representing 37 cultures. By looking at our evolutionary past and the results of the mating study, the author draws an often disturbing picture of mating strategies and motives. As Buss admits, "Much of what I discovered about human mating is not nice.	Only $13.99
		Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher An exploration of human behavior examines the innate aspects of love, sex, and marriage, discussing flirting behavior, courting postures, the brain chemistry of attraction, divorce and adultery in societies around the world, and more.	Only $10.00
		Evolutionary Biology by Douglas J. Futuyma Futuyma (ecology and evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) covers such subject areas as phylogeny, paleobiology, genetic mechanisms of change and speciation, character evolution, the theory of processes and macroevolution, and new molecular perspectives. Numerous line drawings, charts, diagrams, and maps are provided	Only $74.95
		The Evolution of Mind by Denise D. Cummins (Editor), Colin Allen (Editor)	Only $35.00
		Cooperation Among Animals : An Evolutionary Perspective (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) by Lee Alan Dugatkin Despite the depiction of nature 'red in tooth and claw' that is still all too common, cooperation is actually widespread in the animal kingdom. Various types of cooperative behaviors have been documented in everything from insects to primates, and in every imaginable ecological scenario. Yet why animals cooperate is still a hotly contested question in the literature on evolution and animal social behavior. In Cooperation Among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective, I examine the history.	Only $35.00
		Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees : The Nature of Cooperation in Animals and Humans by Lee Alan Dugatkin A brilliant young biologist probes the mystery and beauty of cooperation in nature--and provides a strikingly fresh perspective on the meaning of animal social behavior for human relationships at work and play.	Only $17.50
		The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins Inheriting the mantle of revolutionary biologist from Darwin, Watson, and Crick, Richard Dawkins forced an enormous change in the way we see ourselves and the world with the publication of The Selfish Gene. Suppose, instead of thinking about organisms using genes to reproduce themselves, as we had since Mendel's work was rediscovered, we turn it around and imagine that "our" genes build and maintain us in order to make more genes. That simple reversal seems to answer many puzzlers which had stumped scientists for years, and we haven't thought of evolution in the same way since.	Only $11.99
		The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins The title of this 1986 work, Dawkins's second book, refers to the Rev. William Paley's 1802 work, Natural Theology, which argued that just as finding a watch would lead you to conclude that a watchmaker must exist, the complexity of living organisms proves that a Creator exists. Not so, says Dawkins: "All appearances to the contrary, the only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics, albeit deployed in a very special way... it is the blind watchmaker.	Only $12.99
		Symbiotic Planet: A New Look At Evolution by Lynn Margulis Named "best biology book of the year" by Library Journal, Symbiotic Planet describes how symbiosis is the key to understanding the origins of cells, the evolution of sex, the emergence of life on land, and even the physiology of our planet.	Only $16.10
		The Pattern of Evolution by Niles Eldredge This book is noteworthy for two reasons. Most importantly Eldredge attempts an important advance of his earlier work on punctuated equilibria in evolution with a new model that he calls a "bucket-sloshing" model where ecological stabilities and regular evolutionary genetic drift alternate like sloshing water in a bucket to ratchet evolution. Secondly, the introductory chapters of the book are presented not just as background but as commentary on a fundamental divide within science, namely a split between historical sciences (geology, paleontology) and functional science (e.g. physics). Historical scientists commonly pursue pattern as opposed to cause or mechanism such as the more dominant functional scientists. Hence the "pattern" of the title links the holistic implications in both the contribution of historical scientists and the contribution of changing ecologies from events such as extinctions to "environmental" pressures.	Only $17.47
		Unto Others : The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior by Elliott Sober, David Sloan Wilson Philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate indubitably that unselfish behavior is an important feature of both biological and human nature. Their book provides a panoramic view of altruism throughout the animal kingdom--from self-sacrificing parasites to insects that subsume themselves in the super-organism of a colony to the human capacity for selflessness	Only $14.36

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