A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
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*Running Time => 10 hrs. and 3 mins.*The idea that evolution enables specific behaviors to come naturally to anyone is a profoundly unhelpful way to understand ourselves and our species.A great deal of evidence surrounding what humans are like and the conditions that shape human evolution recently surfaced, and it's time to re-examine the origins of the human species. In the past seven million years, many humans have moved away from the tropical forests of Africa and into air-conditioned homes. While the journeys our ancestors took are still being investigated today, we can piece together a significant portion of the narrative using a wide range of disciplines. Lesley Newson and Peter J. Richerson, a husband-and-wife team with backgrounds in biology from the University of California, Davis, have assembled a story of the evolutionary journey of humankind.In 'THE STORY OF US', Newson and Richerson illustrate the process of gene-culture coevolution by taking readers through seven stages of human evolution. They begin with the life of the ape seven million years ago, moving through and beyond the modern homosapien. Newson and Richerson reveal how life has changed throughout time, offering narrative sections in addition to the hard science to illustrate the problems our ancestors faced and what they did to overcome them. The book offers insight into the environment, resources, culture, and more, making it easy for readers to imagine what life was like at different stages throughout human history.Not only does 'THE STORY OF US' depict how complex networks of caring, sharing, and competition have developed over time, but the book also delves into the creation of culture. The resulting book explains why the human psyche is more malleable than any other animal's on our earth.©2020 Lesley Newson, Pete Richerson (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
