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Die Magie der Gemeinschaft

Was uns mit Tieren und künstlichen Intelligenzen verbindet

by Karsten Brensing ...

Narrated by Karsten Kramer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

KI wird unseren Arbeitsmarkt verändern, doch das ist nicht das Problem: Unser Sozialleben macht uns zum Menschen. Doch wenn unser bester Freund eine KI ist – haben wir dann noch eins? Karsten Brensing wirft einen Blick auf den Einzug von KI in die Mitte unserer Gesellschaft. Die Veränderungen werden vor allem auch unser Sozialleben betreffen. Tierisch glücklich sein in einer komplexen Welt Trotz ... Read more

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KI wird unseren Arbeitsmarkt verändern, doch das ist nicht das Problem: Unser Sozialleben macht uns zum Menschen. Doch wenn unser bester Freund eine KI ist – haben wir dann noch eins? Karsten Brensing wirft einen Blick auf den Einzug von KI in die Mitte unserer Gesellschaft. Die Veränderungen werden vor allem auch unser Sozialleben betreffen. Tierisch glücklich sein in einer komplexen Welt Trotz
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The Myth of Mankind

And the True Science of Human Evolution

by Holly Dunsworth ...

Unabridged

13 hours

From an anthropologist renowned for overturning outdated evolutionary dogma, a lively, myth-busting, and transformative new portrait of human evolutionWhat if it turns out that most of the stories we tell about human evolution are false—apart from evolution itself? One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin legitimized the notion that “man has ultimately become superior to woman,” and ... Read more

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From an anthropologist renowned for overturning outdated evolutionary dogma, a lively, myth-busting, and transformative new portrait of human evolutionWhat if it turns out that most of the stories we tell about human evolution are false—apart from evolution itself? One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin legitimized the notion that “man has ultimately become superior to woman,” and
... Read more
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The Call of the Honeyguide

What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life

by Rob Dunn ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

11 hours 34 min

How rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankindIn the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species’ past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having found a beehive, that bird—a honeyguide—sought human aid to break in. The behavior can seem almost ... Read more

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How rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankindIn the woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa, sometime deep in our species’ past, something strange happened: a bird called out, not to warn others of human presence, but to call attention to herself. Having found a beehive, that bird—a honeyguide—sought human aid to break in. The behavior can seem almost
... Read more
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Die Evolutionslüge - Die Neandertaler und andere Fälschungen der Menschheitsgeschichte

by Hans-Joachim Zillmer ...

Narrated by Raimund Wurzwallner ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Ein spannender neuer Blick auf die Geschichte der Menschheit! Mit einem Blick auf die Menschheitsgeschichte zeigt der Autor Dr. Zillmer, dass die Lehrmeinungen zu diesem Thema von Lügen durchzogen sind. Er stellt erfundene Fakten und gefälschte Dogmen einer Fülle von überzeugender Funde gegenüber, die von den orthodoxen Wissenschaftlern der Erd- und Lebensgeschichtsforschung vorenthalten wurden. ... Read more

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Ein spannender neuer Blick auf die Geschichte der Menschheit! Mit einem Blick auf die Menschheitsgeschichte zeigt der Autor Dr. Zillmer, dass die Lehrmeinungen zu diesem Thema von Lügen durchzogen sind. Er stellt erfundene Fakten und gefälschte Dogmen einer Fülle von überzeugender Funde gegenüber, die von den orthodoxen Wissenschaftlern der Erd- und Lebensgeschichtsforschung vorenthalten wurden.
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The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin ...

Narrated by Michael Armenta ...

Unabridged

23 hours 29 min

The Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the ... Read more

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The Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the
... Read more
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Darwin, Darwinism, and the Modern World

by Chandak Sengoopta ...

Narrated by Richard M. Davidson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

The history of Western civilization can be divided neatly into pre-Darwinian and post-Darwinian periods. Darwin's 1859 treatise, On the Origin of Species, was not the first work to propose that organisms had descended from other, earlier organisms, and the mechanism of evolution it proposed remained controversial for years. Nevertheless, no biologist after 1859 could ignore Darwin's theories, and ... Read more

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The history of Western civilization can be divided neatly into pre-Darwinian and post-Darwinian periods. Darwin's 1859 treatise, On the Origin of Species, was not the first work to propose that organisms had descended from other, earlier organisms, and the mechanism of evolution it proposed remained controversial for years. Nevertheless, no biologist after 1859 could ignore Darwin's theories, and
... Read more
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Behold the Mighty Dinosaur

by John Kricher ...

Narrated by John Kricher ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

Dinosaurs-the word means "fearfully great reptile"-have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the nineteenth century. Aside from birds, all dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years, yet, before then, they dominated Earth's terrestrial habitats for about 160 million years, far longer than primates, or humans, have been around. Dinosaurs present the ... Read more

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Dinosaurs-the word means "fearfully great reptile"-have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the nineteenth century. Aside from birds, all dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years, yet, before then, they dominated Earth's terrestrial habitats for about 160 million years, far longer than primates, or humans, have been around. Dinosaurs present the
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Hubris

The Rise, Fall, and Future of Humanity

by Johannes Krause, Thomas Trappe ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and ... Read more

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Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and
... Read more
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Why Elephants Cry

How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and Other Environmental Phenomena)

by John T. Hancock ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 11 min

Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the ... Read more

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Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the
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The Primate Myth

Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature

by Jonathan Leaf ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

Challenging everything we thought we knew, this book takes a revolutionary look at how humans are far less like other primates than we've been led to believe—and uncovers what truly sets us apart.Humans are primates, much like chimps—or so we've been continually told. Yet recent discoveries show that our species has a different brain design, function, and chemistry; different eating, sleeping, ... Read more

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Challenging everything we thought we knew, this book takes a revolutionary look at how humans are far less like other primates than we've been led to believe—and uncovers what truly sets us apart.Humans are primates, much like chimps—or so we've been continually told. Yet recent discoveries show that our species has a different brain design, function, and chemistry; different eating, sleeping,
... Read more
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Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: A Time-Traveling Journey Through Ancient Earth, From the First Cells to the Last Ice Age Giants

by Thomas Richter ...

Narrated by Thomas Richter ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Survive mass extinctions and walk with awe-inspiring dinosaurs in this cinematic journey through evolutionary history. Ideal for an educational commute, this immersive natural science adventure transports you from violently churning primordial oceans to the frozen tundras of the Pleistocene.Transform your understanding of our fragile yet remarkably resilient planet by stepping into the field ... Read more

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Survive mass extinctions and walk with awe-inspiring dinosaurs in this cinematic journey through evolutionary history. Ideal for an educational commute, this immersive natural science adventure transports you from violently churning primordial oceans to the frozen tundras of the Pleistocene.Transform your understanding of our fragile yet remarkably resilient planet by stepping into the field
... Read more
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Ghosts in Our Genes - The Startling Impact of Epigenetics

by Viruti Shivan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series Stop Everything, Read This
Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Mysteries of Heredity and EnvironmentIn "Ghosts in Our Genes - The Startling Impact of Epigenetics," readers are taken on a fascinating journey into the world of epigenetics, where the lines between heredity and environment blur, revealing a new understanding of genetics. This groundbreaking book delves into the science behind how our ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Mysteries of Heredity and EnvironmentIn "Ghosts in Our Genes - The Startling Impact of Epigenetics," readers are taken on a fascinating journey into the world of epigenetics, where the lines between heredity and environment blur, revealing a new understanding of genetics. This groundbreaking book delves into the science behind how our
... Read more
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Be Less Human

Merge with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

by José Peña Coto ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Preserving our current human form is to condemn ourselves to extinction."TECHNOLOGY IS THE NEXT EVOLUTIONARY STEP.Do not be left behind. Adapt.Humans must integrate with artificial intelligence to overcome their biological limitations and ensure their survival in a solar system that has numbered days.Accept the invitation to be part of the avant-garde ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Preserving our current human form is to condemn ourselves to extinction."TECHNOLOGY IS THE NEXT EVOLUTIONARY STEP.Do not be left behind. Adapt.Humans must integrate with artificial intelligence to overcome their biological limitations and ensure their survival in a solar system that has numbered days.Accept the invitation to be part of the avant-garde
... Read more
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The History of Life

A Very Short Introduction 2nd Edition

by Michael J. Benton ...

Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex.In this Very Short Introduction Michael J. Benton covers all the main fossil groups, including dinosaurs, and the upheavals such ... Read more

$15.99 USD

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex.In this Very Short Introduction Michael J. Benton covers all the main fossil groups, including dinosaurs, and the upheavals such
... Read more
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Pure Human

The Hidden Truth of Our Divinity, Power, and Destiny

by Gregg Braden ...

Narrated by Gregg Braden ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

In an age where new technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, award-winning scientist Gregg Braden explores how the qualities that make us human—emotional intelligence, intuition, compassion, and creativity—may be the most powerful technologies of all.There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our lives, forever. This is one ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In an age where new technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, award-winning scientist Gregg Braden explores how the qualities that make us human—emotional intelligence, intuition, compassion, and creativity—may be the most powerful technologies of all.There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly change the world, and our lives, forever. This is one
... Read more
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El mono arrogante

La supremacía humana y sus consecuencias

by Christine Webb ...

Narrated by Ofelia (Voz de IA), Eva (Voz de IA), Mario (Voz de IA) ...

Series series Drakontos
Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

Un alegato brillante contra el antropocentrismo que revela un planeta lleno de inteligencias y culturas más allá de la humana.Darwin consideraba que los seres humanos formamos parte de la red de la vida, no la cúspide de una jerarquía natural. Sin embargo, hoy muchos siguen convencidos de que somos la especie más inteligente, virtuosa y exitosa que ha existido. Este pensamiento erróneo nos permite ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Un alegato brillante contra el antropocentrismo que revela un planeta lleno de inteligencias y culturas más allá de la humana.Darwin consideraba que los seres humanos formamos parte de la red de la vida, no la cúspide de una jerarquía natural. Sin embargo, hoy muchos siguen convencidos de que somos la especie más inteligente, virtuosa y exitosa que ha existido. Este pensamiento erróneo nos permite
... Read more
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Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire---Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do

by Satoshi Kanazawa, Alan S. Miller ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively and eminently readable book popularizes the latest ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively and eminently readable book popularizes the latest
... Read more
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Blue

In Search of Nature's Rarest Color

by Kai Kupferschmidt ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 15 min

A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colorBlue is a rare color—natural blue, that is. From morpho butterflies in the rain forest to the blue jay flitting past your window, vanishingly few living things are blue—and most that appear so are doing sleight of hand with physics or complex chemistry. Flowers modify the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colorBlue is a rare color—natural blue, that is. From morpho butterflies in the rain forest to the blue jay flitting past your window, vanishingly few living things are blue—and most that appear so are doing sleight of hand with physics or complex chemistry. Flowers modify the
... Read more
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Das Basteln der Evolution

Walter J. Gehring erzählt eine genetische Theorie der Entwicklung

by Walter J. Gehring, Klaus Sander ...

Narrated by Walter J. Gehring ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die ... Read more

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Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die
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Natural Selection

by J. Phil Gibson, Terri R. Gibson ...

Narrated by Christopher Prince ...

Series series Science Foundations
Unabridged

2 hours 24 min

An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This title in the Science Foundations ... Read more

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An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This title in the Science Foundations
... Read more
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Full House

The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrated by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs ... Read more

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Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs
... Read more
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Assembling Life

How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets?

by David Deamer ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life ... Read more

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In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life
... Read more
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)

Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

by Lee Alan Dugatkin, Lyudmila Trut ...

Narrated by Joe Hempel ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and
... Read more
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Living on Earth

Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrated by Peter Godfrey-Smith, Mitch Riley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 59 min

**"Listening to Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness will rattle every nook and cranny of your brain with an onslaught of interesting questions...the author leaves listeners with a radical new perspective." —AudioFile on MetazoaThis program is read by the author.The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.**If the history of the ... Read more

$26.99 USD

**"Listening to Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness will rattle every nook and cranny of your brain with an onslaught of interesting questions...the author leaves listeners with a radical new perspective." —AudioFile on MetazoaThis program is read by the author.The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.**If the history of the
... Read more

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