Social evolution
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Guns, germs, and steel
The origins of human society
The fall and rise of the stately home
From naked ape to superspecies
Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language
The imperial animal
The logic of writing and the organization of society
The evolving self
Mainsprings of civilization
Human societies
Origins of the state and civilization
Bread & circuses
Continuities in cultural evolution
The Human Career
The world until yesterday
Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology
The Cultivation of Hatred
Darwinism and human affairs
Ecodynamics
Becoming human
Transforming human culture
A World Federation of Cultures
History of Cleanliness in Early America
Talent for Friendship
The scientific origins of National Socialism
Human systems are different
Mutual Aid
The domestication of the human species
Does altruism exist?
Punisher's Brain
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