In this captivating story of evolution from the Big Bang to the present Anthropocene, the former Nature and New Scientist editor traces four key elements-fire, language, beauty, and time-that have allowed humans to grow from “an endangered puny primate on the savannahs of Africa to become the most numerous big animal on Earth.” In thoughtful explorations, the author shows how each of these forces contributed, in powerful, often surprising ways, to humankind’s dominance.
Award-winning British science writer Vince ( Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made, 2014) describes how the interplay of our genes, environment, and culture made us “the only species to determine its own destiny.”
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