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Being With Animals: Why We Are Obsessed with the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Barbara J. King
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What do Mickey Mouse, Ganesh, a leopard-skin pillbox hat, A Lion Called Christian, and the Aflac duck have in common? They all represent human beings' deeply ingrained connection to the animal kingdom. In Being With Animals, anthropologist Barbara King unravels the complexity and enormous significance of this relationship. Animals rule our existence. You can see this in the billions of dollars Americans pour out each year for their pets, in the success of book... more info>>
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Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Barbara J. King
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This cutting-edge book--with echoes of both Jane Goodall and Joseph Campbell--adds a fascinating new dimension to the debate about the origins of religion. The study of evolution has uncovered invaluable information about many aspects of human behavior and culture, from the physiology of our bodies and brains to the development of hunting, technology, and social groups. But an understanding of the intangibles of human experience, especially religion, lags far behind. Attempts to discover the sou... more info>>
Category: Technology/Science/Technology/Science
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