Coming Home to the Pleistocene, 1st Edition by Paul Shepard, Paperback, 9781559635905 | Buy online at The Nile
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Explicitly addresses the fundamental question: What can we do to recreate a life more in tune with our genetic roots? Presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being.

Coming Home to the Pleistocene, 1st Edition

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    208 pages

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    14 February 2004

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“When we grasp fully that the best expressions of our humanity were not invented by civilization but by cultures that preceded it, that the natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams, we will be on the way to a long overdue reconciliation between opposites which are of our own making.” –from Coming Home to the Pleistocene

Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works lik…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781559635905
ISBN-10:1559635908
Author:Paul Shepard, Florence R. Shepard
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Shearwater Books,US
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:1st
Release Date:14 February 2004
Weight:304g
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About The Author

Paul Shepard

Until his death in 1996, Paul Shepard was Avery Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology at Pitzer College and the Claremont Graduate School. Among his books are The Others (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1995) and Traces of an Omnivore (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1996).

Florence R. Shepard is professor emerita of educational studies at the University of Utah, an essayist, and author of Ecotone (SUNY, 1994).

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