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How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

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Explains how the distant past underpins our behavior. This book describes phenomena such as why Dunbar's Number (150) is the maximum number of acquaintances you can have, why all babies are born premature and the science behind lonely hearts columns. It is suitable for understanding why humans behave as they do - what it is to be human.

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How Many Friends Does One Person Need?, Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar

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2010
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English
Released
2010
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Hardcover
Pages
302
ISBN10
0571253423
ISBN13
9780571253425
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Explains how the distant past underpins our behavior. This book describes phenomena such as why Dunbar's Number (150) is the maximum number of acquaintances you can have, why all babies are born premature and the science behind lonely hearts columns. It is suitable for understanding why humans behave as they do - what it is to be human.