ROBIN DUNBAR is currently Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University and a Fellow of Magdalen College. His principal research interest is the evolution of sociality. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998. His books include The Trouble with Science, “an eloquent riposte to the anti-science lobby” (Sunday Times), and Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language. The Human Story was described as “fizzing with recent research and new theories” in the Sunday Times and “punchy and provocative” by the New Scientist. How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar”s Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks was published in 2010.
25 Ebooks por Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives – from why we kiss to how religious we are. In How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Robin Dunbar explains …
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Robin Dunbar: Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language
Did mankind evolve unusually large brains simply in order to gossip? Primates differ from other animals by the intensity of their social relationships, by the amount of time they spend grooming one a …
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Robin Dunbar: Trouble with Science
The 'trouble' with science began in 1632, when Galileo demolished the belief that the earth is the centre of the universe. Yet despite the bewildering success of the scientific revolution, …
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€9.02
Robin Dunbar: Human Story
A fascinating account of the latest thinking on human evolution, by 'one of the most respected evolutionary psychologists in Britain'. For scientists studying evolution, the past decade has …
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€8.98
Robin Dunbar: Science of Love and Betrayal
Falling in love is one of the strangest things we can do – and one of the things that makes us uniquely human. But what happens to our brains when our eyes meet across a crowded room? Why do we kiss …
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€10.28
Robin Dunbar: The Science of Love
A scientific exploration of some of humanity’s most puzzling questions: What is love? Why do we fall in (and out) of love? And why would we have evolved to feel something so weird, with so many downs …
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€16.99
Robin Dunbar: Reproductive Decisions
Robin Dunbar uses economic models to explore the social behavior of the gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada), a unique species, whose social system is one of the most complex among the primates. His …
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€64.99
Nicholas J. Allen & Hilary Callan: Early Human Kinship
Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a major breakthrough in the debate o …
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€31.99
Louise Barrett & Robin Dunbar: Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide is a uniquely accessible yet comprehensive guide to the study of the effects of evolutionary theory on human behaviour. Written specifically for the …
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€7.03
Clive Gamble & John Gowlett: Evolution, Denken, Kultur
Die Entdeckung der Gemeinsamkeit Dieses bemerkenswerte Buch, das die Evolution und die Archäologie des menschlichen Sozialverhaltens zusammenführt, spannt den Bogen von den sozialen Gruppen der Stein …
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Robin Dunbar: Science of Love
A scientific exploration of some of humanity’s most puzzling questions: What is love? Why do we fall in (and out) of love? And why would we have evolved to feel something so weird, with so many downs …
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€22.86
Robin Dunbar: Human Evolution
What makes us human?How did we develop language, thought and culture?Why did we survive, and other human species fail?The past 12, 000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when …
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Clive Gamble & John Gowlett: Thinking Big
Tested against archaeological evidence, this pathbreaking and provocative book shows we still inhabit social worlds that originated deep in our evolutionary past. Our virtual contact lists, whether o …
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€12.88
Robin Dunbar & Clive Gamble: Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
A closer look at genealogy, incorporating how biological, anthropological, and technical factors can influence human lives We are at a pivotal moment in understanding our remote ancestry and its impl …
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€28.99
Robin Dunbar: De câți prieteni ai nevoie?
De ce femeile văd mai multe culori decât bărbații? De ce speciile monogame, precum păsările și mamiferele, au creierul mai mare decât celelalte? De ce râdem? De ce ar trebui să fim suspicioși când ci …
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Robin Dunbar: Friends
‘Fascinating…In essence, the number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our happiness, health and mortality risk than anything else in life save for giving up smoking’ Gua …
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€3.99
Robin Dunbar: Evolution
Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior-who …
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€11.76
Robin Dunbar: Evolution
Evolution is one of the most important processes in life. It not only explains the detailed history of life on earth, but its scope also extends into many aspects of our own contemporary behavior-who …
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€11.79
Robin Dunbar & Kimberley Hockings: Alcohol and Humans
Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. The prevailing tendency to view alcohol merely as a ‘social problem’ or the popular notion that alcohol only serves to provide us with a ‘hedonic’ high, …
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€39.09
Robin Dunbar & Kimberley Hockings: Alcohol and Humans
Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. The prevailing tendency to view alcohol merely as a ‘social problem’ or the popular notion that alcohol only serves to provide us with a ‘hedonic’ high, …
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€39.29
Robin Dunbar: How Religion Evolved
A fascinating analysis of the evolution of religion from the internationally renowned evolutionary psychologist When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion’s evolutionary purpose? And …
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€9.49
Tracey Camilleri & Robin Dunbar: Social Brain
‘A remarkable and important book . . . a highly accessible, timely and invaluable guide to anybody working in groups.’ Prof Paul Gilbert OBE___________________________________________________How many …
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€14.99
Robin Dunbar: The Science of Love and Betrayal
Falling in love is one of the strangest things we can do – and one of the things that makes us uniquely human. But what happens to our brains when our eyes meet across a crowded room? Why do we kiss …
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€5.49
Louise Barrett & Robin Dunbar: Human Evolutionary Psychology
Other people and their behaviour are a subject of endless fascination for us. Our understanding of why we behave in certain ways can be greatly enhanced if we take an evolutionary perspective. Unders …
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€63.56
Robin Dunbar & Chris Knight: Evolution of Culture
This book explores the ways in which contemporary evolutionary thinking might inform the study of the peculiarly human phenomenon of symbolic culture, including language, ritual, religion, religion a …
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