Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Animal, Human, Art, Story -- Book I: Evolution, Art, and Fiction -- Part 1: Evolution and Nature -- 1. Evolution and Human Nature? -- 2. Evolution, Adaptation, and Adapted Minds -- 3. The Evolution of Intelligence -- 4. The Evolution of Cooperation -- Part 2: Evolution and Art -- 5. Art as Adaptation? -- 6. Art as Cognitive Play -- 7. Art and Attention -- 8. From Tradition to Innovation -- Part 3: Evolution and Fiction -- 9. Art, Narrative, Fiction -- 10. Understanding and Recalling Events -- 11. Narrative: Representing Events -- 12. Fiction: Inventing Events -- 13. Fiction as Adaptation -- Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: Origins of Stories -- Part 4: Phylogeny: The Odyssey -- 14. Earning Attention (1): Natural Patterns: Character and Plot -- 15. Earning Attention (2): Open-Ended Patterns: Ironies of Structure -- 16. The Evolution of Intelligence (1): In the Here and Now -- 17. The Evolution of Intelligence (2): Beyond the Here and Now -- 18. The Evolution of Cooperation (1): Expanding the Circle -- 19. The Evolution of Cooperation (2): Punishment -- Part 5: Ontogeny: Horton Hears a Who! -- 20. Problems and Solutions: Working at Play -- 21. Levels of Explanation: Universal, Local, and Individual -- 22. Levels of Explanation: Individuality Again -- 23. Levels of Explanation: Particular -- 24. Meanings -- Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospects: Evolution, Literature, Criticism -- Afterword: Evolution, Art, Story, Purpose -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.