num_pages: 272
description: In Becoming Human, noted anthropologist and renaissance man Ian Tattersall explores what makes us uniquely human, the qualities that set us apart from our ancestors, and the significance of our knowledge. A worldwide tour of discovery, Tattersall takes the reader from 30,000-year-old cave paintings in France and anthropological digs in Africa, to examining human behavior in a New York restaurant. And by offering wisdom gleaned from fossil remains, primate behavior, prehistoric art, and archaeology, Tattersall presents a stunning picture of where humankind evolved, how Darwin's theories have changed, and what we reliably know about modern-day human's capacity for love, language, and thought. Widely praised in the media, and an Amazon.com Top-10 bestseller, Becoming Human is an amazing trip into the past and into the future.
language: English
title: Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness
titlecomplete: Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness
genres: Anthropology, Biology, Science, Nonfiction, Archaeology, Popular Science, Science Nature, Prehistory, Evolution, History
ratings_count: 329
publisher: Mariner Books