Most Moving Human History (How the Earth Became a Human Home)

Author: (French) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by Jiang Zihua, Wang Yan
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Publishing Date: 2006-04-01
Features: When it comes to our origins, people often think there's no need to say much more. They assume they already know everything about our earliest ancestors and dismiss them with a certain arrogance as some barbaric, uncivilized outsiders. However, the facts revealed by science today are enough to astonish us; our nature, appearance, genetic traits, intelligence, and even our own culture—our behavior, way of life, and imaginative world—were all determined by our earliest ancestors thousands of years ago. Since then, our identity has changed little. In a sense, we are still living in the prehistoric era of humanity. This book avoids any technical jargon and is suitable for all teenagers and adults, regardless of their level of knowledge. It is presented in a question-and-answer format, with the author posing various questions to several scientists, particularly those posed with the innocence of a child. As more readers seek not only what science knows but also how science knows what it knows, this book fulfills that need.