How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
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How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks

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eBook - ePub

How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks

About this book

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 how the distant past underpins our current behaviour, through the groundbreaking experiments that have changed the thinking of evolutionary biologists forever.

He explains phenomena such as why 'Dunbar's Number' (150) is the maximum number of acquaintances you can have, why all babies are born premature and the science behind lonely hearts columns. Stimulating, provocative and highly enjoyable, this fascinating book is essential for understanding why humans behave as they do - what it is to be human.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2010
Topic
Biological Sciences
eBook ISBN
9780571258291
Subtopic
Emotions in Psychology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Chapter 1 : In the Beginning
  5. Chapter 2 : The Monogamous Brain
  6. Chapter 3 : Dunbar’s Number
  7. Chapter 4 : Kith and Kin
  8. Chapter 5 : The Ancestors that Still Haunt Us
  9. Chapter 6 : Bonds that Bind
  10. Chapter 7 : Why Gossip is Good for You
  11. Chapter 8 : Scars of Evolution
  12. Chapter 9 : Who’d Mess with Evolution?
  13. Chapter 10 : The Darwin Wars
  14. Chapter 11 : So Near, and Yet So Far
  15. Chapter 12 : Farewell, Cousins
  16. Chapter 13 : Stone Age Psychology
  17. Chapter 14 : Natural Minds
  18. Chapter 15 : How to Join the Culture Club
  19. Chapter 16 : Be Smart … Live Longer
  20. Chapter 17 : Beautiful Science
  21. Chapter 18 : Are You Lonesome Tonight?
  22. Chapter 19 : Eskimos Rub Noses
  23. Chapter 20 : Your Cheating Heart
  24. Chapter 21 : Morality on the Brain
  25. Chapter 22 : How Evolution Found God
  26. Index
  27. Acknowledgements
  28. By the Same Author
  29. Copyright

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