Transcendence, Gaia Vince
Transcendence, Gaia Vince
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Transcendence
How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

Author: Gaia Vince

Narrator: Gaia Vince

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2020

Synopsis

How four tools enabled humanity to control its destiny What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, 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, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.

About Gaia Vince

Gaia Vince is an award-winning science journalist, author, broadcaster and speaker. She is the author of Nomad Century, Transcendence, and Adventures in the Anthropocene.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mircea on December 10, 2023

Omul nu este singura specie care a creat culturâ. Ceea ce face specială cultura umană este caracterul cumulativ. În timp ce cimpanzeii trebuie să reinventeze de fiecare dată roata, noi ne putem baza pe eficiența procesului cultural evoluționist pentru a realiza eficient și rapid diversele activități......more

Goodreads review by Kim on February 27, 2020

I wish I'd had this as a resource when I was in college. This reads like a textbook, and I mean that in the best possible way. The author manages to draw from so many disciplines at the same time. The book is superbly researched and a tremendous boon to cultural anthropology, archaeology, sociology,......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on November 08, 2023

Through the mediums of fire, language, beauty and time, Gaia Vince eloquently describes how we, as human beings, altered and influenced the course of our own evolution. She details how paleological evidence suggests that our ancestors outsourced their energy stores and extended their biological capa......more

Goodreads review by Boudewijn on October 18, 2021

How fire, language, beauty, and time made us what we are today I am very interested in the topic of evolution and human development, having read all the 'classics' such as Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Har......more

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