Humans An Unauthorized Biography
Based on the latest scientific discoveries, this “unauthorized biography” of the Humans recounts the story of our distant ancestors during the past 6 million years, since the line of our extended family separated from that leading to modern chimpanzees. T
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HUMANS An Unauthorized Biography
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Claudio Tuniz • Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio
Humans An Unauthorized Biography
Claudio Tuniz International Centre for Theoretical Physics Trieste, Italy
Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio University of Udine (on leave) Italy
Centro Fermi, Roma, Italy University of Wollongong Australia
Translated by Juliet Haydock Sub-edited by Edwin F. Beschler and Marc Beschler
Based on a translation from the original Italian language edition: Homo sapiens. Una biografia non autorizzata by Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio, Copyright © Carocci editore 2015. All Rights Reserved
ISBN 978-3-319-31019-0 ISBN 978-3-319-31021-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31021-3
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Foreword
Who are we? Where did we come from? How do we relate to other species? How has the history of human evolution on this planet shaped our behaviour and the challenges we now face, individually and collectively? From the naı¨ve curiosity of early childhood to the more mature reflections of senior citizens, these questions are uncomfortably recurrent. Few people, however, have a clear basis for providing even provisional answers. We tend to conflate what we think we know with what we wish to be so. We need systematic knowledge, based on evidence, rather than prejudices, hunches or faiths. Serious engagement with understanding our “deep history” takes us into the realms of anthropology, archaeology, natural history, geology, geography and political economy. It is a profoundly scientific endeavour—investigating the known facts, interrogating the evidence and assessing competing interpretations. It is also a profoundly philosop
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