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anthropology
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- The World Until Yesterday (17)
- What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
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By Jared Diamond -
Not Started
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- Before the Dawn (17)
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
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By Nicholas Wade -
Started on May 11, 2012
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- Too smart for our own good (3)
- the ecological predicament of humankind
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By Craig Dilworth -
Finished on Oct 24, 2012 
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- The Age of Empathy (10)
- Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
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By Frans de Waal -
Finished on May 9, 2011
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- 1491 (57)
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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By Charles C. Mann -
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- Natural Experiments of History (13)
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Finished on Nov 3, 2010
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- 1491 (57)
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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By Charles C. Mann -
Finished on Sep 24, 2010
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- Stone Age Economics (11)
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By Marshall David Sahlins -
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- The Western Illusion of Human Nature (4)
- With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the We…
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By Marshall Sahlins -
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- Man's rise to civilization (2)
- The cultural ascent of the Indians of North America
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By Peter Farb -
Finished on Aug 1, 2009
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- Humankind (3)
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By Peter Farb -
Finished on Aug 12, 2009
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Humankind
Obviously a bit outdated, after 31 years, but also quite unfocused. Farb chose an overwhelmingly large topic, and the result is often too simplified for the reader who already acquainted with evolution and anthropology. It can still work as a comprehensive introduction for the neophyte.