Too smart for our own good : the ecological predicament of humankind /

"We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behavior is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. Drawing on evolution the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dilworth, Craig
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Human evolution.
Human ecology.
Homme > Évolution.
Écologie humaine.
human ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Scientific ground rules
  • The new views in anthropology, archaeology and economics
  • Theoretical background to the vicious circle principle
  • The vicious circle principle of the development of humankind
  • The development of humankind
  • The vicious circle today
  • and too dumb to change.

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