On the origin of tepees : the evolution of ideas (and ourselves) /

We humans pride ourselves on our capacity to have ideas, but perhaps this pride is misplaced. Perhaps ideas have us. After all, ideas do appear to have a life of their own. Many biologists have already come to the opinion that our genes are selfish entities, tricking us into helping them to reproduc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hughes, Jonnie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Free Press, [2011]
Edition:	1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Subjects:	Inspiration. Social evolution. Memetics. Tipis > History. Tipis > Social aspects. Indians of North America > Dwellings.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Only human. Weirdos ; The New World
What's the idea? Evolution, Minnesota ; Variation, North Dakota ; Inheritance, South Dakota ; Selection, Wyoming
History lessen. Mind out? ; How the West was won I: finding the edges ; How the West was won II: June 25, 1876 ; How the West was won III: America making
Who's driving? A beginner's guide to tepee taxonomy ; Bound by imagination ; The genes of culture
Mysteries solved. The past ; The present.