# The Evolution of Agency

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- Book: [The Evolution of Agency](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-tomasello/the-evolution-of-agency) ([The Evolution of Agency.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-tomasello/the-evolution-of-agency.md))
- Authors: [Michael Tomasello](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-tomasello)
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- ISBN: 978-02-6204-700-5
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2022-09-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A leading developmental psychologist proposes an evolutionary pathway to human psychological agency. Nature cannot build organisms biologically prepared for every contingency they might possibly encounter....