罗宾·邓巴(Robin Dunbar),进化心理学家,牛津大学教授,莫德林学院研究员。他的主要研究领域是「社会遗传学」。 已经出版的图书包括《科学的烦恼》(TheTrouble with Science),《梳毛、八卦及语言的进化》(GROOMING GOSSIP AND the EvolutionofLanguage)和《人类的故事》(The Human Story),《你需要多少朋友》(How Many Friends does one Person Need?)。他的作品被媒体誉为「带着最新研究和新成果的热气」,「强劲有力,且发人深省」。
What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endless grooming with which our primate cousins tend to their social relationships. Apes and monkeys, humanity's closest kin, differ from other animals in the intensity of these relationships. All their grooming is not so much about hygiene as it is about cementing bonds, making friends, and influencing fellow primates. But for early humans, grooming as a way to social success posed a problem: given their large social groups of 150 or so, our earliest ancestors would have had to spend almost half their time grooming one another--an impossible burden. What Dunbar suggests--and his research, whether in the realm of primatology or in that of gossip, confirms--is that humans developed language to serve the same purpose, but far more efficiently. It seems there is nothing idle about chatter, which holds together a diverse, dynamic group--whether of hunter-gatherers, soldiers, or workmates. Anthropologists have long assumed that language developed in relationships among males during activities such as hunting. Dunbar's original and extremely interesting studies suggest otherwise: that language in fact evolved in response to our need to keep up to date with friends and family. We needed conversation to stay in touch, and we still need it in ways that will not be satisfied by teleconferencing, email, or any other communication technology. As Dunbar shows, the impersonal world of cyberspace will not fulfill our primordial need for face-to-face contact. From the nit-picking of chimpanzees to our chats at coffee break, from neuroscience to paleoanthropology, "Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language" offers a provocative view of what makes us human, what holds us together, and what sets us apart.
语言的出现可谓是人类进化史上里程碑式的时刻,多少惊人的的发明与壮举得益于此!可是另一方面,我们日常挂在口边或乐于聆听的语言似乎又跟伟大沾不上边。想想每天跟亲友的对话,是琐碎小事、奇谈八卦居多,还是全球经济、政治局势居多?畅销榜上的图书,有多少是值得认真咀嚼...
评分你打开任一个直播平台,我们总可以找到有些主播会在镜头前卖力地表演“尬舞”,在郑州人民公园“尬舞”甚至成为一种万人围观的景观,网络视频在短短几天时间里点击量就能破千万;你走到任一个社区广场,那里十有八九已经被广场舞大妈热闹地占据;夜晚你走到社区的彩票站周围,...
评分差不多十年前,进化心理学家罗宾·邓巴(Robin Dunbar)开始研究英国人寄圣诞卡的习惯。在邓巴做研究的那个年代,社交网络尚未诞生,他希望找到一个办法衡量人们的社交关系。邓巴感兴趣的不仅仅是研究对象认识多少人,他还想知道每个人真正在乎多少人。他认为,探寻这种情感纽...
评分看完之后觉得很受用。 主题思想很清晰,说的是猴子们靠梳毛挠痒痒来「社交」——建立有归属感的联盟,以确保更好地获取食物,确保联盟里的个体不受外来的侵袭和骚扰。 梳毛为什么能建立联盟呢? 梳毛可以刺激内啡肽的分泌,刺激内源性鸦片物质,让猴子欲死欲仙。愿意定期花...
评分你打开任一个直播平台,我们总可以找到有些主播会在镜头前卖力地表演“尬舞”,在郑州人民公园“尬舞”甚至成为一种万人围观的景观,网络视频在短短几天时间里点击量就能破千万;你走到任一个社区广场,那里十有八九已经被广场舞大妈热闹地占据;夜晚你走到社区的彩票站周围,...
The first half of the pages bears informative interesting descriptions and analysis of grooming behaviours among some primates, which lays..
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评分从梳毛到八卦,从身体到内心。多巴胺的进化也是神奇。人这种东西把无中生有发展到了极致。
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