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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and TimeIn 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

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 01/21/2020
ISBN: 9780465094905
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/23/2019
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019 pg. 71
Library Journal 12/01/2019 pg. 105
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