Human Swarm - How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

Human evolution from chimp communities to the domination of other species is considered at a similar scope to "Guns, Germs & Steel" and "Sapiens", emphasising the social adaptations that have brought human adaptation about and the spectacles of adaptation that may be ahead.

About the author

Mark W. Moffett is a biologist and research associate at the Smithsonian, and a visiting scholar in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He has also authored four books. Called a 'daring eco-adventurer' by Margaret Atwood, his writing has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

Summary

The epic story of how humans evolved from intimate chimp communities into a world-dominating species.

Additional text

Apart from its other virtues, The Human Swarm is a book of wonders' New Statesman.

Product details

• Authors: Mark W. Moffett
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781789544176
• ISBN: 978-1-78954-417-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)