# Books ## expand\_more Download 17 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=30&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=book&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=ris) [### Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals About Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well ](/publication/fed-what-evolution-reveals-about-food-diet-health-and-eating-well)As we face today’s excess of confusing and often contradictory advice on diet and wellness, Daniel E. Lieberman—bestselling author of The Story of the Human Body and Exercised, and founding chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard... Daniel Lieberman ![Fed Up Lieberman](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/Fed%20Up%20Lieberman.jpg?h=e53c6d55&itok=Uuez-LdX) [### At the Foot of the Himalayas: Paleontology and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Siwalik Record ](/publication/foot-himalayas-paleontology-and-ecosystem-dynamics-siwalik-record)This authoritative volume brings together decades of insights from one of the longest terrestrial fossil records on the planet. The fabled Himalayas have isolated and sheltered the Indian subcontinent for millions of years. The Siwalik sequence of... Catherine Badgley, Michèle Morgan, David Pilbeam ![himalayas pilbeam](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/himalayas%20pilbeam.jpg?itok=A5UTPuDI) [### Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding ](/publication/exercised-why-something-we-never-evolved-do-healthy-and-rewarding)If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting... Daniel Lieberman ![Exercised Lieberman book](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/716gmkZOu9L._SL1500_.jpg?h=592edd2a&itok=Pr-OIAT4) [### The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous ](/publication/weirdest-people-world-how-west-became-psychologically-peculiar-and-particularly)A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world. Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic... Joseph Henrich ![WEIRDest people henrich](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/WEIRDest%20people%20henrich.jpg?h=681b7119&itok=G3x0vihu) [### Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health ](/publication/exercised-science-physical-activity-rest-and-health)The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity... Daniel Lieberman ![Exercised](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/Exercised%20lieberman.jpg?h=4ab0842c&itok=vqHP4Xqj) [### The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution ](/publication/goodness-paradox-strange-relationship-between-virtue-and-violence-human-evolution)We Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest. What occurred during human evolution to account for this paradox? What are the two kinds of aggression that primates are prone to, and why did each evolve separately? How does the... Richard Wrangham ![The Goodness Paradox](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/The%20Goodness%20Paradox.jpg?itok=N8jWvc1N) [### Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past ](/publication/who-we-are-and-how-we-got-here-ancient-dna-and-new-science-human-past)A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and... David Reich ![Who We Are and How We Got Here riech](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/71edYLLehML._SL1500_.jpg?h=6d4bacfb&itok=jv-dD2UA) [### The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter ](/publication/secret-our-success-how-culture-driving-human-evolution-domesticating-our-species-and)How our collective intelligence has helped us to evolve and prosper Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or... Joseph Henrich ![the secret of our success henrich](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/the%20secret%20of%20our%20success%20henrich.jpg?h=e3ae4c2e&itok=gik21H5O) [### Experimenting with Social Norms: Fairness and Punishment in Cross-Cultural Perspective ](/publication/experimenting-social-norms-fairness-and-punishment-cross-cultural-perspective)Questions about the origins of human cooperation have long puzzled and divided scientists. Social norms that foster fair-minded behavior, altruism and collective action undergird the foundations of large-scale human societies, but we know little about how... Jean Ensminger, Joseph Henrich ![Experimenting with Social Norms Henrich](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/Experimenting%20with%20Social%20Norms%20Henrich.jpg?itok=f7w2jVLk) [### The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease ](/publication/story-human-body-evolution-health-and-disease)In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years... Daniel Lieberman ![The Story of the Human Body Lieberman](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/The%20Story%20of%20the%20Human%20Body%20Lieberman.jpg?h=99b14871&itok=NsDSp8TW) [### The Evolution of the Human Head ](/publication/evolution-human-head)In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are... Daniel Lieberman ![The Evolution of the Human Head](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-03/The%20Evolution%20of%20the%20Human%20Head.jpg?h=1c6f1222&itok=5NXaPDRE) [### Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human ](/publication/catching-fire-how-cooking-made-us-human)Ever since Darwin and *The Descent of Man*, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in *Catching Fire*, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the... Richard Wrangham ![Catching Fire RW](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/Catching%20Fire%20RW.jpg?h=376c85e3&itok=cefVWmIO) [### Chimpanzees and Human Evolution ](/publication/chimpanzees-and-human-evolution)Knowledge of chimpanzees in the wild has expanded dramatically in recent years. This comprehensive volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain what... Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, David Pilbeam ![Chimpanzees and Human Evolution](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/Chimpanzees%20and%20Human%20Evolution.jpg?h=6d8885ed&itok=rOkmvdhj) [### Why Humans Cooperate: A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation ](/publication/why-humans-cooperate-cultural-and-evolutionary-explanation-0)Cooperation among humans is one of the keys to our great evolutionary success. Natalie and Joseph Henrich examine this phenomena with a unique fusion of theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation, ethnographic descriptions of social behavior, and a... Joseph Henrich, Natalie Henrich ![Why Humans Cooperate book](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/Why%20Humans%20Cooperate%20book.jpg?h=5d4c23d7&itok=u_XDkjEh) [### Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies ](/publication/foundations-human-sociality-economic-experiments-and-ethnographic-evidence-fifteen)This path-breaking book addresses the nature of human sociality. By bringing together experimental and ethnographic data from fifteen different tribal societies, the contributors are able to explore the universality of human motives in economic decision... Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, et al. ![Foundations of Human Sociality Henrich](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/Foundations%20of%20Human%20Sociality%20Henrich.jpg?h=27df4d39&itok=hV6tpM53) [### On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction ](/publication/fertile-ground-natural-history-human-reproduction)Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and for ourselves, whether we live on the plains of Africa or in North American suburbs. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also... Peter Ellison ![On Fertile Ground book](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/On%20Fertile%20Ground%20book.jpg?h=dd0bfa49&itok=mnrJxW6L) [### Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence ](/publication/demonic-males-apes-and-origins-human-violence)Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can we do about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, Demonic Males offers... Richard Wrangham, Dale Peterson ![demonic males](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-05/demonic%20males.jpg?h=165fac30&itok=a7FYa3g7)