{"product_id":"transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time-9780465094905","title":"Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSapiens, \u003c\/i\u003ea winner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoyal Society Prize for Science Books shows h\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eow four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wondrous, visionary work.\" --Tim Flannery, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escientist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465094905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gaia Vince","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637517840540,"sku":"9780465094905","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f54d0a0c-1516-4178-9a8a-a24f0089ca94.jpg?v=1603844975","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time-9780465094905","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}