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| Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Animal, Human, Art, Story | |
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| Evolution, Art, and Fiction | |
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| Evolution and Nature Evolution and Human Nature? | |
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| Evolution, Adaptation, and Adapted Minds | |
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| The Evolution of Intelligence The Evolution of Cooperation | |
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| Evolution and Art Art as Adaptation? | |
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| Art as Cognitive Play Art and Attention From Tradition to Innovation | |
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| Evolution and Fiction Art, Narrative, Fiction | |
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| Understanding and Recalling Events | |
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| Narrative: Representing Events | |
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| Fiction: Inventing Events Fiction as Adaptation | |
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| From Zeus to Seuss: Origins of Stories | |
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| Phylogeny: The Odyssey | |
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| Earning Attention (1): Natural Patterns: Character and Plot | |
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| Earning Attention (2): Open-Ended Patterns: Ironies of Structure | |
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| The Evolution of Intelligence (1): In the Here and Now | |
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| The Evolution of Intelligence (2): Beyond the Here and Now | |
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| The Evolution of Cooperation (1): Expanding the Circle | |
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| The Evolution of Cooperation (2): Punishment | |
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| Ontogeny: Horton Hears a Who! | |
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| Problems and Solutions: Working at Play | |
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| Levels of Explanation: Universal, Local, and Individual | |
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| Levels of Explanation: Individuality Again | |
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| Levels of Explanation: Particular Meanings | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Retrospect and Prospects: Evolution, Literature, Criticism | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Evolution, Art, Story, Purpose | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |