Students
The authors have provided study guides for each chapter of The Dominant Animal, including a chapter summary, key words, and discussion questions.
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. Darwin’s Legacy and Mendel’s Mechanism
- Chapter 2. The Entangled Bank
- Chapter 3. Our Distant Past
- Chapter 4. Our Genes and Culture
- Chapter 5. Cultural Evolution: How We Relate to One Another
- Chapter 6. Perception, Evolution, and Beliefs
- Chapter 7. The Ups and Downs of Populations
- Chapter 8. History as Cultural Evolution
- Chapter 9. Cycles of Life (and Death)
- Chapter 10. Ecosystems and Human Domination of Earth
- Chapter 11. Consumption and Its Costs
- Chapter 12. A New Imperative
- Chapter 13. Altering the Global Atmosphere
- Chapter 14. Energy: Are We Running Out of It?
- Chapter 15. Saving Our Natural Capital
- Chapter 16. Governance: Tackling Unanticipated Consequences
- Epilogue
- Postscript
