The book of humans : the story of how we became us
Rutherford, Adam2018
Books, Manuscripts
Around 45,000 years ago, something happened. We dragged ourselves away from our origins by creating culture, with tools and art and abstract thought and our newly minted minds. The cognitive revolution gave us a sense that we are special, and specially created, distanced from nature. Writers, scientists, philosophers and religions have marvelled at our brilliance for millennia. Yet we are apes, wedded to the rest of creation by genes, anatomy, and physiology, all rooted in a shared evolution. All species are unique, but are we more unique than other animals?
Main title:
The book of humans : the story of how we became us / Adam Rutherford.
Author:
Rutherford, Adam, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018.
Collation:
258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780297609407 (hbk)
Dewey class:
599.938599.938RUT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2693630