The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
by Cecilia Heyes
Recommended by Tyler Cowen
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.
"This is an important book and likely the most thoughtful of the year in the social sciences... Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thoughtprovoking books of the year."Tyler Cowen, Marginal RevolutionHow did human minds become so different from those of other animals What accounts for our capacity to understand the way the...
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