Drunk How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland PDF | 6.54 MB
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Title: Drunk
Author: Edward Slingerland
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A deep dive into the evolutionary science behind why humans love to get wasted, and how alcohol and other intoxicants have shaped civilization.
The prevailing theories of evolution hold that our taste for intoxication is an evolutionary accident, an affinity that has miraculously survived through centuries of natural selection in spite of the fact that getting drunk isn't very good for us. It damages our organs and leads to addiction, irresponsible behavior, accidents, and arguments - not to mention hangovers. Given all of alcohol's downsides, it's a wonder that we haven't evolved to avoid it. Instead, it's become a central component of our societies, social functions, and religious ceremonies around the world. Somehow, on an evolutionary level, the benefits must outweigh the costs.
In DRUNK, Edward Slingerland draws on history, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, literature, and genetics to explore the evolutionary reasons why we get drunk -...
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A deep dive into the evolutionary science behind why humans love to get wasted, and how alcohol and other intoxicants have shaped civilization.
The prevailing theories of evolution hold that our taste for intoxication is an evolutionary accident, an affinity that has miraculously survived through centuries of natural selection in spite of the fact that getting drunk isn't very good for us. It damages our organs and leads to addiction, irresponsible behavior, accidents, and arguments - not to mention hangovers. Given all of alcohol's downsides, it's a wonder that we haven't evolved to avoid it. Instead, it's become a central component of our societies, social functions, and religious ceremonies around the world. Somehow, on an evolutionary level, the benefits must outweigh the costs.
In DRUNK, Edward Slingerland draws on history, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, literature, and genetics to explore the evolutionary reasons why we get drunk -...
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