The book of humans : a brief history of culture, sex, war and the evolution of us
Rutherford, Adam2019
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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:
Author:
Rutherford, Adam, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Collation:
259 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780229089 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2458379