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096 _a599.938 Rutherford
100 1 _aRutherford, Adam,
_eauthor.
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240 1 0 _aBook of humans
245 1 0 _aHumanimal :
_bhow Homo sapiens became nature's most paradoxical creature : a new evolutionary history /
_cAdam Rutherford ; illustrations by Alice Roberts.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bThe Experiment,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a240 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aOriginally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2018 under the title: The book of humans.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.
520 _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.
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