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Coming Home to the Pleistocene, 9781559635905
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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

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    208 pages

  • Release Date

    14 February 2004

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Summary

Paul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781559635905
ISBN-10:1559635908
Author:Paul Shepard, Florence R. Shepard
Publisher:Island Press
Imprint:Shearwater Books,US
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:1st
Release Date:14 February 2004
Weight:304g
Dimensions:16mm x 377mm x 311mm
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Paul Shepard

Before his death in 1996, Paul Shepard was Avery Professor of Human Ecology and Natural Philosophy at Pitzer College and the Claremont Graduate School. Among his books are The Others: How Animals Make Us Human (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1995) and Encounters with Nature, (Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1999).

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