The Ape that Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams | Book Club

Full Title: The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Suggested by: Steven S
Pages to read: 369
ISBN: 9781108425049 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9781108776035 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is evolution? What is evolution about and what is evolution not about?
•What is evolutionary psychology?
•What does natural selection work on?
•Are adaptations beneficial to the species?
•Are adaptations beneficial to the individual?
•What is inclusive fitness?
•Is there intelligent designed?
•Can a society avoid selfish members?
•Why are there altruistic groups?
•What is the different between selection operating between individuals in a group, and selection operating between groups within a larger population?
•How did cooperation evolve?
•Are all genes useful?
•What would an alien think of humans?
•What are intercourse differences?
•Is evolution an accepted idea?
•What prevents people from understanding evolution?
•What is conditioned taste aversion?
•What is the different between proximate and ultimate explanations?
•Does every action an organism take meant to propagate genes?
•What is evolutionary mismatch?
•What are typical mammalian sex differences?
•Are humans different in their sex differences than other mammals?
•What is inbreeding depression?
•What are eusocial species?
•Why is self-interest part of the culture?
•When to be altruistic?
•How did evolution of math effect how people think?
•What is the Myth of the Heroic Inventor?
•How does innovation occur?
•Why did monogamous norms evolve?
•How is the birth rate effected by evolution?
•How do cultures evolve?
•How do genes and culture effect each other?
•Is behavior that was developed through evolution inevitable?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.