Subject: Social studies

Culture and the Course of Human Evolution

Culture and the Course of Human Evolution

Posted by | Jul 29, 2020 | |

The rapid evolutionary development of modern Homo sapiens over the past 200,000 years is a topic of fevered interest in numerous disciplines. How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes from their first arrival, so quickly develop the capacities to transform their world? Gary Tomlinson’s Culture and the Course of Human Evolution is aimed at both scientists and humanists, and it makes the case that neither side alone can answer the most important questions about our origins

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Consciousness and the Universe

Consciousness and the Universe

Posted by | Jul 29, 2020 | |

Is consciousness an epiphenomenal happenstance of this particular universe? Or does the very concept of a universe depend upon its presence? Does consciousness merely perceive reality, or does reality depend upon it? Did consciousness simply emerge as an effect of evolution? Or was it, in some sense, always “out there” in the world? These questions and more, are addressed in this special edition.

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Civilized to Death

Civilized to Death

Posted by | Jul 29, 2020 | |

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live: how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die.

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Before the Dawn

Before the Dawn

Posted by | Jul 29, 2020 | |

In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity’s origins as never before – a journey made possible only through genetic science, whose incredible findings have answered such questions as: What was the first human language like? How large were the first societies, and how warlike were they? When did our ancestors first leave Africa, and by what route did they leave? By eloquently solving these and numerous other mysteries, Wade offers nothing less than a uniquely complete retelling of a story that began 500 centuries ago.

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