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DIFFERENT KIND OF ANIMAL - ROBERT BOYD GEBUNDEN

Human beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant
species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other
creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive
ability - people are just smarter than all the rest. But in this compelling book  Robert Boyd
argues that culture - our ability to learn from each other - has been the essential ingredient
of our remarkable success. A Different Kind of Animal demonstrates that while people are smart
we are not nearly smart enough to have solved the vast array of problems that confronted our
species as it spread across the globe. Over the past two million years  culture has evolved to
enable human populations to accumulate superb local adaptations that no individual could ever
have invented on their own. It has also made possible the evolution of social norms that allow
humans to make common cause with large groups of unrelated individuals  a kind of society not
seen anywhere else in nature. This unique combination of cultural adaptation and large-scale
cooperation has transformed our species and assured our survival - making us the different kind
of animal we are today.

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