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…
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1. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
By: Adam Rutherford
4.03
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to… read more
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- biology
- evolution
- nonfiction
- genetics
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"We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by access to guns. I can guarantee that even if there were a genotype shared …"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
"(...) prawo Godwina (tendencja do pojawiania się wzmianki o Hitlerze w przedłużających się dyskusjach w sieci) lub prawo nagłówków Betteridge'a (jeśli nagłówek zawiera pytanie, odpowiedź prawdopodobn…"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
2. Intellectuals and Society
By: Thomas Sowell
4.29
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very diff… read more
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"What is called “social"-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society
"To suggest that “society"-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society
"Intellect is not wisdom."-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society
"The phrase “Why die for Danzig?"-Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society
3. Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
By: Lee Berger , John Hawks , Harrison Ford , Douglas Chadwick
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolu… read more
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- history
- archaeology
- biology
- evolution
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- prehistory
- audiobook
4. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
By: Nick Lane
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
If it weren't for mitochondria, scientists argue, we'd all still be single-celled bacteria. Indeed,… read more
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5. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Matt Ridley
3.71
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queenfrom Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep r… read more
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6. The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
By: Robert M. Hazen
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Earth evolves. From first atom to molecule, mineral to magma, granite crust to single cell to verda… read more
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7. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
By: Chris Wickham
3.50
Format: 36 pages,
An ambitious and enlightening look at why the so-called Dark Ages were anything but that. Prizewinn… read more
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8. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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9. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more
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10. Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
By: Svante Pääbo
3.71
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the… read more
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11. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
By: Gregory Cochran , Henry Harpending
3.81
Format: None pages,
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12. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
By: Paul A. Offit
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction? History is filled with… read more
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13. The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
By: Geoffrey Miller
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating… read more
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14. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
By: Nick Lane
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at th… read more
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15. She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
By: Carl Zimmer
4.16
Format: 657 pages, Hardcover
Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overvi… read more
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- evolution
- nonfiction
- genetics
- audiobook
"The stubborn inequalities in the Unites States are not the result of some people living in a physical environment. Their environment is built by social forces, and those forces last for centuries bec…"-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
"It is true that humans have physical differences, and some of those differences are spread geographically across the plant. But clinging to old notions about race won't help us understand the nature …"-Carl Zimmer, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
16. 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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- anthropology
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- prehistory
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17. A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe
By: Johannes Krause
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A radical retelling of humanity's restless, genetically mingled history based on the revolutionary … read more
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- nonfiction
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18. The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
By: Michael Malice
4.26
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
The definitive firsthand account of the movement that permanently broke the American political cons… read more
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19. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
By: Tony Joseph
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more
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- anthropology
20. 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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- evolution
- anthropology
- nonfiction
- prehistory
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21. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
By: Mark Koyama
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more
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