{"product_id":"transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time","title":"Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn the tradition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSapiens,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea winner of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRoyal Society Prize for Science Books shows h\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eow four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A wondrous, visionary work.\" --Tim Flannery,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003escientist and author of the bestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSapiens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gaia Vince (Author)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013624438937,"sku":"‎ 978-0465094905","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/39_664518fe-8feb-49bb-b5c8-318306403a47.webp?v=1789227450","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}