Maximilian Werner 
Evolved [EPUB ebook] 
Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments 20

Introduction 21

Part I: Arachnophilia 28

Part II: A Field Guide to Habitat Theory

i. The Pine Grove Saga 62

ii. Home Advantage 76

iii. Assume the Position 81

iv. Singing in the Morning, Singing in the Evening. . . 85

v. Leave Your Flowers by the Door 95

vi. Caves: Affordable Housing 100

vii. The Way I Take 105

iix. A Case of Nerves 115

ix. Song of the Cave Trance 123

x. The Good Neighborhood 134

xi. Yards, Death, and the Healing Sleep 153

Part III: Implications of an Ecochildhood

i. I Killed; Therefore I Am 160

ii. Death’s Rich Pageant 160

ii. Morality, Grief, and Waste 180

iv. Fort Building 189

v. Imaginary Friends 201

vi. The Dog Days of Summer 207

vii. A Brief History of Aggression 210

iix. Fight Club 216

ix. Blood Letting and the Damnedest Things 227

x. Hunters and Drivers 244

xi. Denouement 249

MAXIMILIAN WERNER is the author of
Crooked Creek,
Gravity Hill and
Black River Dreams, a collection of literary fly fishing essays that won the 2008 Utah Arts Council’s Original Writing Competition for Nonfiction. Mr. Werner’s poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including
Matter Journal: Edward Abbey Edition, Bright Lights Film Journal, The North American Review, ISLE, Weber Studies, Fly Rod and Reel, and
Columbia. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two children and teaches writing at the University of Utah.