The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment

Anne H. and Paul R. Ehrlich

http://www.dominantanimal.org/

 

16 Chapters

Week

Chapter #

Subject

 

Places

Page

¯

one

1

Darwin and Mendel's legacy

Britain & Austria

9

 

two

2

The Tangled Bank

The world in a hedgerow

35

 

two

3

Our Distant Past

Africa

54

 

three

4

Of Genes and Culture

Near East

68

 

four

5

Cultural evolution –

How we relate to one another

India

97

 

four

6

Perception Evolution and Beliefs

China

119

 

five

7

Ups and downs of Population

Asia

140

 

five

8

History as Cultural Evolution

Mediterranean

158

 

six

9

Cycles of Life

South America

172

 

seven

10

Ecosystems and Human Domination

North America

193

 
eight   Why Sex is Fun, Jared Diamond Mid-term

nine

11

Consumption and its Costs

US & Japan

207

 

ten

12

New Imperative

EU

234

 

eleven / three

13

Altering the Global Atmosphere

Indonesia

255

 

eleven

14

Energy: Are we Running Out?

Arabia

290

 

twelve

15

Saving our Natural Capital

Russia

310

 

twelve

16

Governance:

UK

331

 

thirteen

16

Tackling the Unanticipated Consequences

363

 

 

 

 Glossary

 

 

369

 
Weeks chapter Title     pages  
 

  Main reading for the class Imperiled Planet

 

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

 

 

 

Concepts

Costs

Ecology

ecosystems

Health of places

Knowledge

land ethic

population

Tragedy of the Commons

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