The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment

 

 

Anne H.  and Paul R. Ehrlich

 

 

http://www.dominantanimal.org/

 

 

16 Chapters

Page

Week

Chapter #

Subject

 

Places

9

 

26

one

1

Darwin and Mendel's legacy

Britain & Austria

35

 

19

two

2

The Tangled Bank

The world in a hedgerow

54

 

14

two

3

Our Distant Past

Africa

68

 

29

three

4

Of Genes and Culture

Near East

97

 

22

four

5

Cultural evolution – How we relate to one another

India

119

 

21

four

6

Perception Evolution and Beliefs

China

140

 

18

five

7

Ups and downs of Population

Asia

158

 

14

five

8

History as Cultural Evolution

Mediterranean

172

 

21

six

9

Cycles of Life

 

South America

193

 

14

seven

10

Ecosystems and Human Domination

North America

207

 

27

nine

11

Consumption and its Costs

US & Japan

234

 

21

ten

12

New Imperative

EU

255

 

35

eleven / three

13

Altering the Global Atmosphere

Indonesia

290

 

20

eleven

14

Energy: Are we Running Out?

Arabia

310

 

21

twelve

15

Saving our Natural Capital

Russia

331

 

32

twelve

16

Governance:

 

UK

363

 

 

thirteen

16

Tackling the Unanticipated Consequences

369

 

 

 

 

 Glossary

 

 

 

 

1       Darwin and Mendel's legacy

2       The Tangled Bank

3       Our Distant Past

4       Of Genes and Culture

5       Cultural evolution – How we relate to one another

6       Perception Evolution and Beliefs

7       Ups and downs of Population

8       History as Cultural Evolution

9       Cycles of Life

10      Ecosystems and Human Domination

11      Consumption and its Costs

12      New Imperative

13      Altering the Global Atmosphere

14      Energy: Are we Running Out?

15      Saving our Natural Capital

16      Governance: Tackling the Unanticipated Consequences