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Too smart for our own good : the ecological predicament of humankind /

"We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behavior is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. Drawing on evolution the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dilworth, Craig
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Human evolution. Human ecology.
Online Access:	Cover image

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