First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
By: Jeremy Desilva
4.33
Format: 352 pages, ebook
In First Steps, paleoanthropologist Jeremy DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seem…
Want to Read $ 14.29"...Bipedalism in an overly aggressive ape with purely selfish tendencies and a low tolerance for other group member would have been a recipe for extinction."-Jeremy Desilva, First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
"...Bipedalism in an overly aggressive ape with purely selfish tendencies and a low tolerance for other group member would have been a recipe for extinction."-Jeremy Desilva, First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
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1. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
La moria grandissimabegan its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, le… read more
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2. The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses
By: Peter Brannen
3.59
Format: 464 pages, ebook
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3. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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4. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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5. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
6. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
By: Henry Gee
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more
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"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
7. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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8. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
By: Jacob Mikanowski
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to min… read more
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9. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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10. The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone’s Underdog
By: Rick McIntyre
4.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the … read more
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11. Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
By: Kermit Pattison
4.13
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes account of the discovery of the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor, named "Ard… read more
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12. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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13. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
By: Neil Shubin
4.14
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, … read more
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14. Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)
By: Alex Bezzerides
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, irreverent guide to human evolution and what it means for our bodies today An… read more
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15. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins
By: Tom Higham
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris… read more
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16. Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
By: Lee Berger
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South Africa… read more
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"Protein is more stable than DNA over time, and so this new technology offers a fresh way to study fossils."-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
"By almost any definition, Homo naledi is not human. But if the present archaeological record reflects the complexity of Homo sapiens accurately, it means that naledi was significantly more complex th…"-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
"Their synchrotron, a super-powerful x-ray machine, can harness the radiation of überfast subatomic particles in order to -- among many other things -- look inside solid objects. It's spectacular scie…"-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
17. First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
By: Jeremy Desilva
4.33
Format: 352 pages, ebook
In First Steps, paleoanthropologist Jeremy DeSilva explores how unusual and extraordinary this seem… read more
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"...Bipedalism in an overly aggressive ape with purely selfish tendencies and a low tolerance for other group member would have been a recipe for extinction."-Jeremy Desilva, First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
18. Ancient Bones: Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
By: Madelaine Böhme
4.16
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new account of human origins, as told by the paleontologist who led the most groundbrea… read more
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19. Cywilizacja Słowian. Prawdziwa historia największego ludu Europy
By: Kamil Janicki
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Czy Słowianom udało się stworzyć własną cywilizację? Czy Słowianie znaleźli się na ziemiach pols… read more
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20. Bones: Inside and Out
By: Roy A. Meals
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A lively, illustrated exploration of the 500-million-year history of bone, a touchstone for underst… read more
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21. A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
By: Lesley Newson
3.86
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It's time for a story of human evolution that goes beyond describing "ape-men" and talks about what… read more
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