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Being human : how our biology shaped world history
Dartnell, Lewis2023
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We are a wonder of evolution. Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, we are expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have created the civilisation we know today. But we're also deeply flawed. Our bodies break, choke and fail. Diseases thwart our boldest plans. Our psychological biases have been at the root of terrible decisions in both war and peacetime. This extraordinary contradiction is the essence of what it means to be human. And history has played out in the balance between them- from our reaction to caffeine shaping Islamic religious practices and the Black Death ending feudalism to haemophilia undermining royal families across Europe and scurvy inadvertently giving rise to the Mafia, we are the sum of our frailties and faculties.
Main title:
Being human : how our biology shaped world history / Lewis Dartnell.
Author:
Dartnell, Lewis, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2023.©2023
Collation:
355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
978184792671597818479267159781847926715
Dewey class:
304.27
Language:
English
BRN:
542046
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 304.27 DAR | Onloan - Due: 02 Oct 2024 |