Insightful and breathtaking. Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensBold and sweeping. Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsProfoundly thoughtprovoking. Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut EconomicsHow our evolved psychology has shaped the past, present and future of humanity.Each of us is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases, forged through countless millennia of natural and cultural selection, which shape every facet of our behaviour.For generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights, driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive empires. But now, for the first time, it is failing us. We find ourselves careering towards a future of unprecedented political polarization, deadlier wars, and environmental destruction.In Inheritance, renowned anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how our evolved biases have shaped humanitys past and imperil its future. Unveiling a pioneering new way of viewing our collective history one that weaves together psychological experiments, ontheground fieldwork, and big data Whitehouse introduces three biases that shape human behaviour everywhere conformism, religiosity, and tribalism.These biases have catalysed the greatest transformations in human history, from the birth of agriculture and arrival of the first kings to the rise and fall of human sacrifice and creation of multiethnic empires. Yet today, they are driving us to ruin. Taking...

Binding: Hardback;464 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBTB; Weight: 870 g; Dimensions: 241 x 162 x 34

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