{"product_id":"transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time-9780465094905","title":"Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSapiens, \u003c\/i\u003ea winner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoyal Society Prize for Science Books shows h\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eow four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wondrous, visionary work.\" --Tim Flannery, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escientist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaia Vince\u003c\/b\u003e is a science writer and broadcaster. In 2015, she was the first woman to win the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book prize solo for her debut, \u003ci\u003eAdventures in the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e. She has held senior editorial posts at \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e, and writes for \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503378862354,"sku":"9780465094905","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0356a925-28a0-4f67-8ff7-eee9a2d9f4cc.jpg?v=1730789810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/transcendence-how-humans-evolved-through-fire-language-beauty-and-time-9780465094905","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}