Being Human
How our biology shaped world history
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the way you see the world.
‘Illuminating’ TIM MARSHALL ‘Refreshing’ THOMAS HALLIDAY ‘Fascinating’ GUARDIAN
We’re a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats. But we’re also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary contradiction. So, to understand the course humanity has taken - from prehistoric times through the age of empire and into the modern …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529925531 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529925533 |
| Author: | Lewis Dartnell |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Always an interesting and engaging writer, Dartnell … finds fascinating nuggets in familiar stories * Guardian *
I’ve always liked Dartnell’s books for their factiness * Sunday Times *
An illuminating journey through history using our bodies as the vehicle. It’s quite a ride! * Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography *
Wide-ranging, comprehensive and refreshing * Thomas Halliday, author of Otherlands *
A wild ride through science, history and prehistory, full of unexpected connections and delightful insights * Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up *
A revolutionary account of human progress. This is history as you’ve never read it before: a gripping, red-blooded narrative from a master storyteller * Jo Marchant, author of The Human Cosmos *
A sublime, mind-expanding exploration of who we are and how we got here * Richard Fisher, author of The Long View *
Brilliantly entertaining and beautifully written, Being Human forces you to see the world in a totally new way. Interdisciplinary history at its best * Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis *
A spirited canter through the ways our biology has inescapably affected world history that’ll open your eyes and stretch your mind * Henry Gee, author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth *
Bursting with scientific stories, this is a fascinating exploration of how our flawed biology shapes how we live, love, thrive and die. Being Human will make you think in a new light about yourself and your species * Kat Arney, author of Rebel Cell *
Lewis Dartnell
Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiology researcher and professor at the University of Westminster. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at University College London (UCL).
He is the author of the bestselling books The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch and Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History. Origins has been translated into 26 languages.
Dartnell writes for The Guardian, The Times, and New Scientist. Copies of The Knowledge exist on the surface of the Moon and in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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