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How We Became Human : and Why We Need to Change by Dean, Tim is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is How We Became Human : and Why We Need to Change about?
Over thousands of years, humans have developed mechanisms to help us live together in ever-larger social groups. We developed a set of 'moral emotions' such as empathy, guilt and outrage, as well as a tendency to favour people in our in-groups and a propensity to punish perceived wrongdoers. Our culture also evolved, giving us powerful tools like religion and politics that could expand community sizes and maintain moral order. While these mechanisms served our ancestors well, though, our evolved
Who reads How We Became Human : and Why We Need to Change?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Dean, Tim
- Publisher
- Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781760987626
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Social Science, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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