{"product_id":"the-book-of-humans-a-brief-history-of-culture-sex-war-and-the-evolution-of-us-9781615195909","title":"The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Rutherford describes  \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Humans\u003c\/i\u003e] as being about the paradox of how our evolutionary journey turned 'an otherwise average ape' into one capable of creating complex tools, art, music, science, and engineering. It's an intriguing question, one his book sets against descriptions of the infinitely amusing strategies and antics of a dizzying array of animals.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Publisher's Note: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Humans\u003c\/i\u003e was previously published in hardcover as \u003ci\u003eHumanimal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this new evolutionary history, geneticist Adam Rutherford explores the profound paradox of the human animal. Looking for answers across the animal kingdom, he finds that many things once considered exclusively human are not: We \u003ci\u003earen't \u003c\/i\u003ethe only species that \"speaks,\" makes tools, or has sex outside of procreation. Seeing as our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's, our DNA doesn't set us far apart, either. How, then, did we develop the most complex culture ever observed? \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Humans\u003c\/i\u003e proves that we are animals indeed--and reveals how we truly \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e extraordinary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615195909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Adam Rutherford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544254611637,"sku":"9781615195909","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d9f0a790-362c-496c-b4bf-bd4373e6c53d.jpg?v=1706120557","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-humans-a-brief-history-of-culture-sex-war-and-the-evolution-of-us-9781615195909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}