Screen LibraryThe book of humans : the story of how we became us /
"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,...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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? This question is at the root of |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780297609407 (hardback) : 0297609408 (hardback) 9780297609414 (paperback) 0297609416 (paperback) 9780297609421 (ePub ebook) 0297609424 (ePub ebook) |
| Index Number: | GN281 |
| CLC: | Q981.1-49 |
| Call Number: | Q981.1-49/R975 |
| Contents: | Part one. Humans and other animals -- Part two. The paragon of animals. |