{"product_id":"9780465094905","title":"Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSapiens, \u003c\/i\u003ea winner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoyal Society Prize for Science Books shows h\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eow four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wondrous, visionary work.\" —Tim Flannery, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003escientist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e will say a cognitive revolution — a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones — caused a cultural explosion. In \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements — fire, language, beauty, and time — our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, \u003ci\u003eTranscendence\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025385930992,"sku":"9780465094905","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780465094905_p0.jpg?v=1763705962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780465094905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}