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| Humanshavealwaysfacedthethreatofextinction.Thisbooktakesabroadperspectiveofthe‘extreme’conditionsofhumanexistenceandsurvivaltoexaminehowextremeshaveforcedhumanstochangeandhowsuchextremeshavedeterminedthenatureofsociety.ThisbookisthefinalvolumeinTheEvolutionofHumanSocialityseries,acollaborativeresearchprojectbetweenprimatologistsandanthropologists.Inseekingtounderstandhumansociality,twenty-oneauthorsfocusonstatesofextremityandthewaysinwhichtheyareperceivedandconfrontedbyhumansandprimates.Thecontributorsconsider,amongothertopics,the?extremes?ofurbanizationandthedisappearanceofvillagesocietiesthe?extremes’ofclimatechange,theAnthropocene,andtheextinctionofthehumanspeciesthe?extreme’ofhumanbirththe?extreme’oftheabsenceofmothersforinfantchimpanzeesandthe‘extreme’ofradiationdisaster.Onamoretheoreticallevel,thebookillustrateswhathappensatthemomentwhenhumansandprimateschoosetheiractionstosurviveunderthepressureofextremes,aswellasthemechanismsatthe‘tipping’pointsoftheiractionselection.
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EXTREMES The Evolution of Human Sociality
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