Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Preamble: The killing of Gaia -- Contents -- 1 Rare Earth -- 2 Ancient Fires -- 3 Swarm Intelligence -- 4 Amazons and Misogynous Apes -- 5 River Empires and Divine Rulers -- 6 Human Sacrifice -- 7 On Slavery and Genocide -- 8 From Space Lunacy to Mad Max's Fury Road -- TV or not To Be -- 9 The Triumph of the Absurd -- 10 Burning the Lungs of Earth -- 11 I Am Shiva -- 12 The Swan Song -- 13 Eli's Lost World -- 13.1 King Brown -- 13.2 The Queen Ant -- 13.3 The Dingo -- Bibliography -- Peer Review Papers and Books -- Index.