PDF-(BOOK)-Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

A cuttingedge exploration of the ancient roots of goodness in civilization arguing that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years societies have shaped and are still shaping our genes today For too long the scientific community has been overly focused on the dark side of our biological heritage our capacity for violence cruelty prejudice and selfinterest And in a world of increasing political and economic polarization its tempting to ignore the positive role of our evolutionary past But natural selection has given us a suite of beneficial social features including our capacity for love friendship cooperation and learning Beneath all our inventions our tools agriculture cities nations we carry with us innate proclivities to make good societies In Blueprint Nicholas A Christakis introduces the compelling and controversial idea that our genes affect not only our bodies and behaviors but also the ways in which people everywhere make similar societies With many vivid examples ranging from diverse historical and contemporary cultures to societies formed in the wake of shipwrecks online gaming communities thrown together by design commune dwellers seeking utopia and groups of people interacting with artificially intelligent bots Christakis shows how we can never fully escape our social blueprintDrawing on recent advances in social science evolutionary biology genetics neuroscience and network science Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path and why we are united by our common humanity far more than we are divided. Blueprints and Issues. http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/common/publications/info_docs/taxation/fiscal_blueprint_en.pdf. IMF Tax Advice in SEE. Two resident advisors – Ljubljana and Belgrade. Industry Mission Blueprint 2014 “A society without poverty…a State that is a centre of technology … And, a joyous population confident of its bright future…” - Shr How can a society promote. good citizenship?. Government Mottos. “Peace, order and good government”. “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”. “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Can you guess which country each motto is from?. 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As a scientific explanation for religious feeling, it is sure to arouse controversy. A cutting-edge exploration of the ancient roots of goodness in civilization, arguing that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that, in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years, societies have shaped, and are still shaping, our genes today. For too long, the scientific community has been overly focused on the dark side of our biological heritage: our capacity for violence, cruelty, prejudice, and self-interest. And in a world of increasing political and economic polarization, it\'s tempting to ignore the positive role of our evolutionary past. But natural selection has given us a suite of beneficial social features, including our capacity for love, friendship, cooperation, and learning. Beneath all our inventions -- our tools, agriculture, cities, nations -- we carry with us innate proclivities to make good societies. In Blueprint, Nicholas A. Christakis introduces the compelling and controversial idea that our genes affect not only our bodies and behaviors, but also the ways in which people everywhere make similar societies. With many vivid examples ranging from diverse historical and contemporary cultures, to societies formed in the wake of shipwrecks, online gaming communities thrown together by design, commune dwellers seeking utopia, and groups of people interacting with artificially intelligent bots, Christakis shows how we can never fully escape our social blueprint.Drawing on recent advances in social science, evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience, and network science, Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and why we are united by our common humanity far more than we are divided. This comprehensive synthesis of current medical and evolutionary literature addresses key questions about the role body fat plays in human biology. It explores how body energy stores are regulated, how they develop over the life-course, what biological functions they serve, and how they may have evolved. There is now substantial evidence that human adiposity is not merely a buffer against the threat of starvation, but is also a resource for meeting the energy costs of growth, reproduction and immune function. As such it may be considered as important in our species evolution as other traits such as bipedalism, large brains, and long life spans and developmental periods. Indeed, adiposity is integrally linked with these other traits, and with our capacity to colonise and inhabit diverse ecosystems. It is because human metabolism is so sensitive to environmental cues that manipulative economic forces are now generating the current obesity epidemic. Origins is an active learning tool designed for introductory biological and physical anthropology courses. It has 200 full-color cards, over 10 card types, and more than 5 ways to play, with two or more players. Topics covered include: Fundamentals, Genetics, Evolution and Variations, Primates, Origins and Transition, and Being Human. Constant exchange of information is integral to our societies. Jean-Louis Dessalles explores how this came into being. He develops a view of language as an instrument for conversation rather than mental representation and thought. Presenting language evolution as a natural history ofconversation, the author sheds light on the emergence of communication in the hominine congregations, as well as on the human nature. Adam Wilkins draws on studies of nonhuman species, the fossil record, genetics, and molecular and developmental biology to reconstruct the evolution of the human face and its inextricable link to our species’ evolving social complexity. The neural and muscular mechanisms that allowed facial expressions also led to speech, which is unique to humans. While those who study human origns now agree that the evolution of the modern human form extends back much further in time than originally thought, they disagree sharply as to how to interpret the substantive data. The purpose of this volume is to examine those conceptual differences and to explore the reasons why a consensus might never be possible. This is a detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America\'s least-known, and most endangered, primates. Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities evolved, and how they have kept us alive for thousands of generations, is the mystery revealed in this bold and wide-ranging new vision of human emotional evolution.Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. If the young were to survive in a world of scarce food, they needed to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends--and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, Sarah Hrdy argues, came the human capacity for understanding others. Mothers and others teach us who will care, and who will not.From its opening vision of apes on a plane to descriptions of baby care among marmosets, chimpanzees, wolves, and lions to explanations about why men in hunter-gatherer societies hunt together, Mothers and Others is compellingly readable. But it is also an intricately knit argument that ever since the Pleistocene, it has taken a village to raise children--and how that gave our ancient ancestors the first push on the path toward becoming emotionally modern human beings. NeuroTech. Advancement (CINTA) & . NeuroTech. Harbor (NTH) Announce Spring . 2023. Award Competition. Supported by the NIH Blueprint MedTech Program. Blueprint MedTech Program Overview. NIH’s Blueprint MedTech Program funded two...