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24 alternatives to The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

A unified theory about why storytelling evolved

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

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    Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A brief history of humankind

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    How to use visuals, videos, and social media to market

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    A new approach to healing through the art of storytelling

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    The hidden sources of love, character, and achievement

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    The classic guide to the fundamentals of storytelling

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    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A human-centered approach to making and marketing

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A glimpse inside the minds of highly creative people

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    How can we use story to improve quality of user engagement?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Creativity and innovation, not just for the "creative types"

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    The story of ideas that fly

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    The hidden forces that shape behavior

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    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

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    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

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    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

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    Why things bounce back

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