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Originally Posted by Solon
Sorry, but I'm not going to go quid pro quo and pick up Primate Adaptation and Evolution  . I did read Demonic Males by Wrangham and Peterson last year and, although they get a little preachy at the end, it's pretty interesting stuff. Their stuff is probably either too elementary or too outdated for what you do, but it clued me into how fascinating evolutionary biology can be. |
That's a great book, but yea it's pretty wrong. A ton of great research came out of the reaction, so it is looked upon with love by many. Wrangham is incredibly smart but his role throughout much of his career has been to start new conversations rather than to produce definitive research. For instance, his latest ideas about how cooking shaped the emergence of Homo seem way off base to me, but the ongoing conversation is very interesting.