03359cam a2200505Ii 4500999001700000001000800017003000800025005001700033008004100050010001700091016002000108020002600128020002300154035001200177035002200189035002400211040004500235050002100280082001700301090002200318096002400340100003800364240001900402245015800421264003900579264001100618300004000629336002100669337002500690338002300715500011200738504006700850520116300917650004302080852001402123852001402137852001402151852001402165942001402179949013602193949013602329949013602465949013602601952011602737  c26301d263017100951MeVbMML20190502002907.0181113t20192018nyua     b    001 0 eng d  a  20180543067 a1017374952DNLM  a9781615195312q(hbk.)  a1615195319q(hbk.)  a7040885  a(OCoLC)1089916209  a(OCoLC)on1089916209  aDADbengerdacDADdJBLdOCLCOdHHOdGO414aGN281b.R85 201904a599.93/8223  aGN281b.R85 2019x  a599.938 Rutherford 1 aRutherford, Adam,eauthor.91025810aBook of humans10aHumanimal :bhow Homo sapiens became nature's most paradoxical creature : a new evolutionary history /cAdam Rutherford ; illustrations by Alice Roberts. 1aNew York :bThe Experiment,c2019. 4c©2018  a240 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aOriginally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2018 under the title: The book of humans.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.  a"Evolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee’s. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we? In this original and entertaining tour of life on Earth, 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: In Australia, raptors have been observed starting fires to scatter prey; in Zambia, a chimp named Julie even started a “fashion” of wearing grass in one ear. We aren’t the only species that communicates, makes tools, or has sex for reasons other than procreation. But we have developed a culture far more complex than any other we’ve observed. Why has that happened, and what does it say about us? [This book] is a new evolutionary history—a synthesis of the latest research on genetics, sex, migration, and much more. It reveals what unequivocally makes us animals—and also why we are truly extraordinary"--cProvided by publisher.  0aHuman evolutionvPopular works.910259  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  dNew Shelf  2ddccBOOK  aBPLbNFXc26e235483-1hGN281i.R85 2019xoBoston Libraryp39999095454771r9u6y2j2w5025.959Item generated Mar 29 2019  2:52PM  aBPLbNFXc26e235483-1hGN281i.R85 2019xoBoston Libraryp39999095454789r9u6y2j2w5025.959Item generated Mar 29 2019  2:52PM  aBPLbNFXc26e235483-1hGN281i.R85 2019xoBoston Libraryp39999095454797r9u6y2j2w5025.959Item generated Mar 29 2019  2:52PM  aBPLbNFXc26e235483-1hGN281i.R85 2019xoBoston Libraryp39999095454805r9u6y2j2w5025.959Item generated Mar 29 2019  2:52PM  2ddc4070aABELJbABELJcNFd2019-04-04l3o599.93 RUTHp38547r2019-07-02s2019-06-28v33.95w2019-04-04yBOOK