A Brain for All Seasons
Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-226-09203-4 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
Mankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abrupt and severe changes to Earth's climate. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing us how such cycles of cool, crash, and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings-and warning us of human activities that could trigger similarly massive shifts in the planet's climate.
Mankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abrupt and severe changes to Earth's climate. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing us how such cycles of cool, crash, and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings-and warning us of human activities that could trigger similarly massive shifts in the planet's climate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 21 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-09203-4 (9780226092034)
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