Vince, Gaia, <br/><br/>
Transcendence :  how humans evolved through fire, language, beauty, and time / 
Gaia Vince. 
 - First edition. 
 - viii, 335 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Genesis: Conception -- Birth -- Fire: Landscaping -- Brain building -- Cultural levers -- Word: Story -- Language -- Telling -- Beauty: Belonging -- Trinkets and treasures -- Builders -- Time: Timekeepers -- Reason -- Homni. 
<br/><br/> What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, 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, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465094902 9780465094905 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evolutionary psychology.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Social history.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN281.4 .V56  / V563 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>599.93/8