The dominant animal : human evolution and the environment / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich.

1. Darwin's legacy and Mendel's mechanism
2. The entangled bank
3. Our distant past
4. Of genes and culture
5. Cultural evolution : how we relate to one another
6. Perception, evolution, and beliefs
7. The ups and downs of populations
8. History as cultural evolution
9. Cycles of life (and death)
10. Ecosystems and human domination of Earth
11. Consumption and its costs
12. A new imperative
13. Altering the global atmosphere
14. Energy : are we running out of it?
15. Saving our natural capital
16. Governance : tackling unanticipated consequences.