Humanimal How Homo sapiens Became Nature s Most Paradoxical Creature A New Evolutionary History 1st Edition by Adam Rutherford ISBN 1615195319 978-1615195312

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ISBN 10: 1615195319 

ISBN 13: 978-1615195312

Author: Adam Rutherford

“Rutherford describes Humanimal as being about the paradox of how our evolutionary journey turned ‘an otherwise average ape’ into one capable of creating complex tools, art, music, science, and engineering. It’s an intriguing question, one his book sets against descriptions of the infinitely amusing strategies and antics of a dizzying array of animals.”―The New York Times Book Review

Publisher’s note: Humanimal was published in the UK under the title The Book of Humans.
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?
Humanimal 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.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

Part 1: Humans and Other Animals
2. Tools
3. What It Takes to Be a Maker
4. Tooled-Up Animals
5. Sponging Dolphins
6. The Birds
7. Fiery the Angels Fell
8. War for the Planet of the Apes
9. Farming and Fashion
10. Sex
11. The Birds and the Bees
12. Autoeroticism
13. Mouthing Off
14. Whole Lotta Love
15. Homosexuality
16. And Death Shall Have No Dominion
17. Sex and Violence

Part 2: The Paragon of Animals
18. Everyone Is Special
19. Genes, Bones, and Minds
20. 24 – 2 = 23
21. Hands and Feet
22. Trippingly on the Tongue
23. Speak Now
24. Symbolism in Words
25. Symbolism Beyond Words
26. If Only You Could See What I’ve Seen with Your Eyes
27. Know Thyself
28. Je Ne Regrette Rien
29. Teach a Village to Fish …
30. The Paragon of Animals

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