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A Pocket History of Human Evolution
- How We Became Sapiens
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.
Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years -a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group - the Denisovans - and confirmed that crossbreeding with them (and Neanderthals) made Homo sapiens who we are today.
A Pocket History of Human Evolution brings us up-to-date on the exploits of all our ancient relatives. Paleoanthropologist Silvana Condemi and science journalist François Savatier consider what accelerated our evolution: Was it tools, our "large" brains, language, empathy, or something else entirely? And why are we the sole survivors among many early bipedal humans? Their conclusions reveal the various ways ancient humans live on today - from gossip as modern "grooming" to our gendered division of labor - and what the future might hold for our strange and unique species.
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- Georgina Edwards
- 29-03-23
Fascinating, lecture
Very easy to understand for a non academic, was sorry when it finished , hope for more of the same.
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- Alexander EF McClintock
- 16-02-24
Easily understood
Conciseness everywhere Conciseness Conciseness all Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness throughout Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness wonderful Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness yes Conciseness Conciseness Conciseness at last
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- JOhn
- 01-04-23
a gem of knowledge
one of those occasional gems in the free catalogue. just the right level of information to be interesting without overloading the layman's brain.
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- Jessica Margaret
- 21-05-23
very interesting
Highly fascinating listen for my Sunday morning. will definitely be returning to this author.
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- Malaika
- 05-07-23
Great until the last few chapters
Really enjoyed the bioanth side of it, but from the upper Palaeolithic onwards it presented debates from a somewhat one sided perspective. The last two chapters didn’t seem very relevant.
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- Justin B.
- 04-09-24
A great covering of a huge subject
Liked the broad overview. Could have more detail on beginning of cities and the earliest civilisations
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- Sarah C.
- 23-06-20
Excellent & very interesting !
I really enjoyed this book. I have learned even more about Human Evolution. It is easy to follow and great narrator.
Highly recommended !
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- J Coggz
- 24-01-24
good fun
I enjoyed this very much because it is exactly how it is described a pocket history a very easy 3 hours and something to dive into not too deep. good fun.
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