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Contents ix

International Politics and International Organizations 412
Economic Development, Nondevelopment, and
Development Cooperation 416
Learning Intercultural Communication 419
Educating for Intercultural Understanding:
Suggestions for Parents 423
Spreading Multicultural Understanding: The Role of the Media 425
Global Challenges Call for Intercultural Cooperation 426

12 The Evolution of Cultures 431
A Time-Machine Journey Through History 433
Five Million to One Million Years Ago: Lonely Planet 434
One Million to Forty Thousand Years Ago: Ice and Fire 436
Forty Thousand to Ten Thousand Years Ago:
Creative Spark, Extermination 438
Twelve Thousand to Seven Thousand Five Hundred Years Ago:
Villages and Agriculture 442
Seven Thousand Five Hundred Years Ago Until Now:
Large-Scale Civilizations 447
Sources of Cultural Diversity and Change 453
The End of History? No! 455
The Essence of Evolution 456
Evolution: More than Genes 459
Evolution Beyond Selfishness: Groups over Individuals 464

Individuals and Institutions in the Stream of Life 466
Evolution at Work Today 468
The Future of Culture 473

Notes 479

Glossary 515
Bibliography 525
Name Index 547

Subject Index 549