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Marvin Harris’s *Our Kind* integrates archaeology, anthropology, and life sciences to explore the evolutionary foundations of human behavior. The book presents how natural selection and cultural adaptations together forged the social systems that define human societies. Through an examination of fossil records, archaeological evidence, and sociocultural patterns, Harris argues for a comprehensive view of human nature as a product of both biological evolution and cultural innovation, highlighting the continuity between past and present and the ongoing relevance of evolutionary insights for contemporary life.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Science/Biology
Authors: Marvin Harris
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