{"product_id":"humanimal-how-homo-sapiens-became-natures-most-paradoxical-creature-a-new-evolutionary-history","title":"Humanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature's Most Paradoxical Creature - A New Evolutionary History","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHumanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature's Most Paradoxical Creature - A New Evolutionary History\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAdam Rutherford\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781615195312\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Experiment\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003ePublisher's note: \u003ci\u003eHumanimal\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the UK under the title \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Humans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Evolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eAre we?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ehave\u003c\/i\u003e developed a culture far more complex than any other we've observed. Why has that happened, and what does it say about us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumanimal\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e truly extraordinary.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Experiment","offers":[{"title":"Humanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature's Most Paradoxical Creature - A New Evolutionary History | Adam Rutherford | Hardcover | 9781615195312 | Used: Like New | Ecology \u0026 Biology 1741201 (temp: 28)","offer_id":49287697367192,"sku":"1741201","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61_uLdTsCHL.jpg?v=1781897103","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/humanimal-how-homo-sapiens-became-natures-most-paradoxical-creature-a-new-evolutionary-history","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}