Religion Explained61 reviews Pascal Boyer Basic Books, 2002 Close... but Computational Book thesis: Religious concepts, notions, beliefs are the byproducts of useful evolutionary, cognitive systems. I missed a graduate class on "God" that featured this book, and after hearing all the buzz about how cool the seminar was I decided to buy it on my own. I have to say I was ...             Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory (Theoretical Archaeology Group) Steven Mithen Routledge, 1998 This book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.             The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature67 reviews Matt Ridley Harper Perennial, 2003 Superb Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + The Red Queen + Picking up where The Selfish Gene left off.... + The content is good but the quality of the book not + A fascinating analysis!             Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement24 reviews Vintage, 2006 Terse, Well-Written Rebukes of Intelligent Design from Eminent Scientists and Philosophers + Papers that challenge the reader to think and argue + A Mixed Bag + Great             The Counter-Creationism Handbook23 reviews Mark Isaak University of California Press, 2007 An interesting resource on creationism versus evolution + Great book, but the Kindle version is a bit strange. + Not prose, just refrence + An excellent resource by which to answer anti-science propaganda + Slam Dunk the Creationists             The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature38 reviews Geoffrey Miller Anchor, 2001 Every marriage counselor should have a copy + Seminal Work! + Clever, intelligent, full of insights + Geoffrey Miller is Charles Darwin on Steroids! + My mind will never see itself in the same way again!             The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology115 reviews Robert Wright Vintage, 1995 A self-help book + A Seminal Popularization of Evolutionary Psychology + tabula rasa be gone + Not Quite Moral + A very interesting point of view             Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters40 reviews Donald R. Prothero Columbia University Press, 2007 Solid science counters creationist mumbo-jumbo + An excellent book... but to what purpose? + Insightful research and analysis + One of my biology books + This Book Serves Many Purposes and Does So Exceptionally             Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)621 reviews Sam Harris Vintage, 2008 this guy has it right + Sam Harris' "Letter" adds fuel to the current fire. i really enjoyed this book. i had read his other book, the end of faith, and it was ok but this one hits it right on.             The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey57 reviews Spencer Wells Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 Great Companion to the PBS Video! + DNA based human migration + really interesting + Loved it!             Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins23 reviews Carl Zimmer HarperCollins Publishers, 2005 Excellent Teaching Tool + Great introduction to Human Origins + Good Basic Text on Human Evolution + This Book is a great place to start learning about human origins + Very Interesting!             Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design57 reviews Michael Shermer Holt Paperbacks, 2007 A Superb, Quite Insightful, Primer on the so-called "Evolution vs. Intellligent Design Debate" + Intelligent design is neither + A great book about Darwin and evolution + If you doubt evolution, read this book + Indeed Darwin's science contribution does matter             Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body78 reviews Neil Shubin Pantheon, 2008 Ayurveda, Science, and History + What a great book + There Really is Nothing (Entirely) New + Excellent primer on evolutionary processes             Human Evolutionary Genetics: Origins, Peoples and Disease3 reviews Mark A. Jobling, Mathew Hurles, ... Garland Science, 2003 Essential reading + A great book all around + A must have book for this field Clearly laid out like one of the classic undergraduate textbooks (e.g. Genes VII, Albers et al.), this is the only up-to-date introduction in the field. The authors make great efforts to link advances in genetics to other fields (e.g. linguistics, anthropology), as well as to organise chapters ...             Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts and Case Studies1 review Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Excellent information. I'm not well versed in biological knowledge. I never have taken a chemistry course and I only have high school level biology education. I know little of genetics. But, I've learned much from this book. The reading is a bit over my head in some ways, but plain enough in others. I have read into ...             Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory (Theoretical Archaeology Group) Steven Mithen Routledge, 1998 This book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.             Religion Explained61 reviews Pascal Boyer Basic Books, 2002 Close... but Computational Book thesis: Religious concepts, notions, beliefs are the byproducts of useful evolutionary, cognitive systems. I missed a graduate class on "God" that featured this book, and after hearing all the buzz about how cool the seminar was I decided to buy it on my own. I have to say I was ...             Human Evolutionary Genetics: Origins, Peoples and Disease3 reviews Mark A. Jobling, Mathew Hurles, ... Garland Science, 2003 Essential reading + A great book all around + A must have book for this field Clearly laid out like one of the classic undergraduate textbooks (e.g. Genes VII, Albers et al.), this is the only up-to-date introduction in the field. The authors make great efforts to link advances in genetics to other fields (e.g. linguistics, anthropology), as well as to organise chapters ...             Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins23 reviews Carl Zimmer HarperCollins Publishers, 2005 Excellent Teaching Tool + Great introduction to Human Origins + Good Basic Text on Human Evolution + This Book is a great place to start learning about human origins + Very Interesting!             Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters40 reviews Donald R. Prothero Columbia University Press, 2007 Solid science counters creationist mumbo-jumbo + An excellent book... but to what purpose? + Insightful research and analysis + One of my biology books + This Book Serves Many Purposes and Does So Exceptionally