Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time
ISBN-13:
9780465094905
ISBN-10:
0465094902
Author:
Gaia Vince
Publication date:
2020
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Hardcover
352 pages
Category:
Civilization & Culture
,
World History
,
Biology
,
Biological Sciences
,
Evolution
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
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ISBN-13:
9780465094905
ISBN-10:
0465094902
Author:
Gaia Vince
Publication date:
2020
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Hardcover
352 pages
Category:
Civilization & Culture
,
World History
,
Biology
,
Biological Sciences
,
Evolution
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time (ISBN-13: 9780465094905 and ISBN-10: 0465094902), written by authors
Gaia Vince, was published by Basic Books in 2020.
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In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, a winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books shows how four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species
"A wondrous, visionary work." --Tim Flannery, scientist and author of the bestselling The Weather Makers
What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.
"A wondrous, visionary work." --Tim Flannery, scientist and author of the bestselling The Weather Makers
What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.
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