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Review of Kevin Laland's "Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony"

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In the latest issue of Science, Dr. Henrich reviews a new book by evolutionary biologist Kevin Laland. Read his review of Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind here. The review is also available on the Science "Books, Et Al." blog.

A new review in Psychology Today

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Glenn Altschuler reviews The Secret of Our Success in his Psychology Today column This Is America. Read "The Art (and Science) of 'Aping'" here.

This View of Life magazine reviews The Secret of Our Success

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Joe Brewer, writing for This View of Life magazine, reviews Dr. Henrich's latest book, The Secret of Our Success. Read his review: "Are Humans REALLY That Smart? A new book says it's complicated".

Robin Hanson reviews The Secret of Our Success on Overcoming Bias

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Economist Robin Hanson reviews Dr. Henrich's latest book, The Secret of Our Success , on his popular blog, Overcoming Bias. Read his review here: "How Plastic Are Values?" .

Strategy + Business magazine reviews The Secret of Our Success

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Writing for Strategy + Business magazine, David Hurst reviews Dr. Henrich's latest book, The Secret of Our Success. An award-winning magazine aimed at leaders, Strategy + Business explores issues in management and decision making. Read the review,...

Beyond WEIRD: A review of the last decade and a look ahead to the global laboratory of the future

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National Science Teachers Association recommends The Secret of Our Success

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The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) reviews The Secret of Our Success for NSTA Recommends, a source for thoughtful, objective recommendations of science-teaching materials. Read their review here.

University of Michigan

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Culture and Cognition First Year Seminar This seminar reviews recent work in the interdisciplinary field of cognition and culture. (Graduate)

The Secret of Our Success featured in Nature's "Books in Brief"

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Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks for Nature.

WEIRD research featured by Scientific American

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Eric Michael Johnson reviews Dr. Henrich's recent work on WEIRD people for the Scientific American. Read "The WEIRD Evolution of Human Psychology" here.

New Scientist Magazine reviews The Secret of Our Success

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Alun Anderson, writing for New Scientist magazine, discusses The Secret of Our Success in tandem with Vyvyan Evans' new book, The Crucible of Language. Read "Time to rethink what makes us special".

Dominance in Humans

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Dominance is the aspect of social hierarchy that arises from agonistic interactions involving actual aggression or threats and intimidation. Accumulating evidence points to its importance in humans and its separation from prestige–an alternate mechanism...