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Snakes, Sunrises, and Shakespeare : How Evolution Shapes Our Loves and Fears /
Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no accident; in fact, many of our human responses to nature are steeped in our deep evolutionary past-we fear snakes because of the danger of venom or constrict...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Whistling for Honey
- 2. Ghosts of the African Savanna
- 3. The High Cost of Learning
- 4. Reading the Landscape
- 5. The Snake in the Grass ( . . . and Other Hazards)
- 6. Settling Down and Settling In
- 7. A Ransom in Pepper
- 8. The Musical Ape
- 9. The First Sniff
- 10. Ordering Nature
- 11. The Honeyguide and the Snake: Embracing Our Ecological Minds
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Illustration Credits
- Index