The Staircase of Life: The Story of the Origin and Evolution of Life and Humankind - Couverture souple

Willighagen, Gerard Alexander

 
9789083335407: The Staircase of Life: The Story of the Origin and Evolution of Life and Humankind
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ISBN 10 : 9083335402 ISBN 13 : 9789083335407
Editeur : NOBIS, 2023

Synopsis

Even though we are all different in our own ways, we all have an underlying thread in common: our evolution, our history.

However, only roughly 0.0001% of the Earth’s whole history has been occupied by human beings with behaviorally contemporary traits. We are, in fact, right at the start of everything. Yet, in order to survive even for such a short period of time, a seemingly unending line of fortunate events was necessary.

But what were these fortunate events? How did Homo sapiens get here after many billion years and virtually infinite evolutionary crossroads? How did humankind ultimately conquer the world? And how did life emerge in the first place?

In this epic and compelling story, Gerard Alexander Willighagen strives to answer these and many more intriguing questions by taking you through space and time to explore the origins of life, the evolution and rise of Homo sapiens, the dawn and development of civilization, and the emergence and formation of the modern world we know today. In the process of meandering through this multi-billion-year story, we’ll come to appreciate the incredible good fortune that all living organisms, including our own highly evolved yet essentially Stone Age-wired species, have of just simply existing.

So, let’s take a huge step back in time—right at the initial steps of life—to ponder how exceptional our story truly is. However, as a short sneak peek in advance: our story is indeed exceptional, notable, and utterly captivating.

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Even though we are all different in our own ways, we all have an underlying thread in common: our evolution, our history.

However, only roughly 0.0001 % of the Earth’s whole history has been occupied by human beings with behaviorally contemporary traits. We are, in fact, right at the start of everything. Yet, in order to survive even for such a short period of time, a seemingly unending line of fortunate events was necessary.

But what were these fortunate events? How did Homo sapiens get here after many billion years and virtually infinite evolutionary crossroads? How did humankind ultimately conquer the world? And how did life emerge in the first place?

In this epic and compelling story, Gerard Alexander Willighagen strives to answer these and many more intriguing questions by taking you through space and time to explore the origins of life, the evolution and rise of Homo sapiens, the dawn and development of civilization, and the emergence and formation of the modern world we know today. In the process of meandering through this multi-billion-year story, we’ll come to appreciate the incredible good fortune that all living organisms, including our own highly evolved yet essentially Stone Age-wired species, have of just simply existing.

So, let’s take a huge step back in time―right at the initial steps of life―to ponder how exceptional our story truly is. However, as a short sneak peek in advance: our story is indeed exceptional, notable, and utterly captivating.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
NOBIS
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9083335402
ISBN 13 
9789083335407
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
418
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
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