The evolution of everything : the patterns and causes of big history /

The evolution of everything : the patterns and causes of big history /

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Author / Creator:	Villmoare, Brian, 1967- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xvi, 416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Human beings -- Origin. Human evolution. Genetics -- Methodology. Evolution (Biology) Evolution (Biology) Genetics -- Methodology. Human beings -- Origin. Human evolution.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12881561

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ISBN:	9781108495653 1108495656 9781108797320 1108797326 9781108862530
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Big History seeks to retell the human story in light of scientific advances by such methods as radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis. This book provides a deep, causal view of the forces that have shaped the Universe, the Earth, and humanity. Starting with the Big Bang and the formation of the Earth, it traces the evolutionary history of the world, focusing on humanity's origins. It also explores the many natural forces shaping humanity, especially the evolution of the brain and behaviour. Moving through time, the causes of such important transformations as agriculture, complex societies, the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, and Modernity are placed in the context of underlying changes in demography, learning, and social organization. Humans are biological creatures, operating with instincts evolved millions of years ago, but in the context of a rapidly changing world, and as we try to adapt to new circumstances, we must regularly reckon with our deep past"--
Other form:	Online version: Villmoare, Brian, 1967- Evolution of everything New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108862530

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Call Number:	GN281.V53 2023
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