The Human Journey

Author : Kevin Reilly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442213548

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The Human Journey by Kevin Reilly Pdf

The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to the present. Its themes include not only the great questions of the humanities—nature versus nurture, the history and meaning of human variation, the sources of wealth, and causes of revolution—but also the major transformations in human history: agriculture, cities, iron, writing, universal religions, global trade, industrialization, popular government, justice, and equality. Beginning with our most important questions and searching all of our past for answers, this is world history in a grand humanistic tradition.

Author : Spencer Wells
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780691176017

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The Journey of Man by Spencer Wells Pdf

Around 60,000 years ago, a man, genetically identical to us, lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so many sizes, shapes, and races? Examining the hidden secrets of human evolution in our genetic code, the author reveals how developments in the revolutionary science of population genetics have made it possible to create a family tree for the whole of humanity. Replete with marvelous anecdotes and remarkable information, from the truth about the real Adam and Eve to the way differing racial types emerged, this book is an enthralling, epic tour through the history and development of early humankind.

Author : Alice M. Roberts,Professor Alice Roberts
Publisher : Red Shed
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 1405291451

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Human Journey by Alice M. Roberts,Professor Alice Roberts Pdf

Reach back through time and shake hands with your ancestors. Run alongside a group of early humans on a blazing African savannah as they take the first steps in a journey that leads -- eventually -- to all of us. Professor Alice Roberts takes you on a voyage of evolution and migration from the first humans around two and a half million years ago to horse riders galloping into the dawn of the Bronze Age.

Author : Alice Roberts
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781408810910

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The Incredible Human Journey by Alice Roberts Pdf

Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from Ethiopian desert to Malay peninsula and from Russian steppes to Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant beasts and volcanoes. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all came from other humans. When our ancestors set out from Africa there were already two other species of human on the planet: Neanderthal in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. Both (contrary to popular perception) were intelligent, adept at making tools and weapons and were long adapted to their environments. So, Alice asks, why did only Homo sapiens survive? Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive. She also relates how astonishingly closely related we all are. As a lecturer in Anatomy at Bristol University, Alice Roberts is eminently qualified to write this book. As a talented artist, she is perfectly qualified to illustrate it, and dotted throughout this lively book are many of the sketches and photographs from her travels.

Author : Leonard Mlodinow
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780345804433

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The Upright Thinkers by Leonard Mlodinow Pdf

How did a near-extinct species, eking out a meager existence with stone axes, become the dominant power on earth, able to harness a knowledge of nature ranging from tiny atoms to the vast structures of the universe? Leonard Mlodinow takes us on an enthralling tour of the history of human progress, from our time on the African savannah through the invention of written language, all the way to modern quantum physics. Along the way, he explores the colorful personalities of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers, and traces the cultural conditions—and the elements of chance—that influenced scientific discovery. Deeply informed, accessible, and infused with the author’s trademark humor and insight, The Upright Thinkers is a stunning tribute to humanity’s intellectual curiosity and an important book for any reader with an interest in the scientific issues of our day.

Author : M. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317900313

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Researching Local History by M. Williams Pdf

This practical but inspiring book considers what local history is, why researching it is valuable and rewarding, and how we should go about it. Issues addressed include: getting oral and documentary evidence; keeping records; the nature of data, information and knowledge; and their use to create the different products of local history research. Michael Williams is both a professional scientist and a local historian of long standing, and he uses both sides of his experience in a text that is at once rigorous about the historical process, and also a fascinating - and often moving - account of his adventures into the past of his own family and community. He demonstrates local history methodology through his research into ancestry, migration, work, war and religion in the towns and villages of England and Wales. It is richly illustrated throughout.

Author : Elisabet Sahtouris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015018856339

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Gaia by Elisabet Sahtouris Pdf

The first popularly written explanation of the scientific theory galvanizing both New Age and scientific circles: the GAIA Hypothesis.

Author : Ian Tattersall,Rob DeSalle
Publisher : Wallace and Darwin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1593731485

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The Great Human Journey by Ian Tattersall,Rob DeSalle Pdf

In their 22 Million Day Journey our intrepid mice, Wallace and Darwin, trace the biggest genealogy of all and find that all humans are 85% African and only 15% from the rest of the world!

Author : M. R. O'Connor
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781250200235

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Wayfinding by M. R. O'Connor Pdf

At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. "A marvel of storytelling." —Kirkus (Starred Review) In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate. O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place. "O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book—devouring it makes for a good start." —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Kevin Reilly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442213845

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The Human Journey by Kevin Reilly Pdf

The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfying full history of the world from ancient times to the present. Its themes include not only the great questions of the humanities--nature versus nurture, the history and meaning of human variation, the sources of wealth, and causes of revolution--but also the major transformations in human history: agriculture, cities, iron, writing, universal religions, global trade, industrialization, popular government, justice, and equality. Beginning with our most important questions and searching all of our past for answers, this is world history in a grand humanistic tradition.

Author : Osho
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781429942546

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The Journey of Being Human by Osho Pdf

One of the twentieth century’s greatest spiritual teachers invites you onto the path that takes you through all of life’s experiences and to embrace your own humanity. Man is a bridge, says Osho, between the animal and the divine—and our awareness of this dual aspect of our nature is what makes us human. It is also what makes us restless, full of conflict, so often at the crossroads of selfishness and generosity, of love and hate, frailty and strength, hope and despair. The Journey of Being Human: Is It Possible to Find Real Happiness in Ordinary Life? looks into how we might embrace and accept these apparent contradictions, rather than trying to choose between them, as the key to transforming each twist and turn of life’s journey into a new discovery of who we are meant to be. Osho challenges readers to examine and break free of the conditioned belief systems and prejudices that limit their capacity to enjoy life in all its richness. He has been described by the Sunday Times of London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by Sunday Mid-Day (India) as one of the ten people—along with Gandhi, Nehru, and Buddha—who have changed the destiny of India. Since his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to expand, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country of the world.

Author : William J. Bausch
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1585956171

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Touching the Heart by William J. Bausch Pdf

No one can write about storytelling like Father Bill Bausch. Both his words and his stories are compelling, convincing, and completely absorbing. Here in this landmark work, which he insists is his last, his goal is to help readers see the centrality of stories, to read and hear Scripture as story and not as history, and to learn to enrich and expand their lives by looking at the ?story behind the story.? He wants to break readers out of the literalism that constricts their spiritual and social lives, so they might gain an appreciation of metaphor and symbol and the ?sacramentality? of the world.

Author : Katharina Vestre
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781771644938

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The Making of You by Katharina Vestre Pdf

A quirky and inspired guide to your very own origin story. This enlightening and irresistible book for adults explains how you were made—not with the standard euphemisms told to us as children, but with vivid, exacting prose that unveils all the complex processes we never knew produced human life. With a brilliant talent for thoughtful, charming science writing, Katharina Vestre takes us from cell to human and shares surprising facts along the way—such as that sperm have a sense of smell and that hiccups were likely inherited from our ancient, underwater ancestors. She also shows why gender is more complicated than we think and reveals the questions scientists still ponder about how we came to be. A miniature drama of cosmic significance, this is the incredible story of you.

Author : Susan E. Ramírez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0030937825

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World History by Susan E. Ramírez Pdf

Author : J. Jung
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595471119

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Two Hundred Thousand Years by J. Jung Pdf

Two Hundred Thousand Years presents snapshots of life since the dawn of mankind. In an engaging series of short stories, characters live the human experience and journey through the great gateways of human history, seeking answers to compelling questions such as: - How did man, a physical weakling, rise to dominate a planet of powerful carnivores? - Does contemporary man differ from his ancient predecessors? - Can man's future be seen in his past? - Is man good, evil, both, or neither? - What will likely end man's reign on earth? Characters learn what it means to be human-in both good times and bad. In Fire, an African tribesman struggles to cope after his three-year-old child is swept away by a powerful river. In The Hunt, a clan braves the tundra as they seek to kill bison, driving off other carnivores, and finding ways to keep warm in their bid to continue living. In The Astronaut, a spaceman marvels at passing through perhaps the greatest gateway of all: outer space. Entertaining and thought provoking, Two Hundred Thousand Years explores how man got to where he is today and where he might be going in the future.