{"product_id":"adams-ancestors-david-n-livingstone-9781421400655","title":"Adam's Ancestors","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Selection for Professional Reading List of the U.S. Marine Corps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long-standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and provocative work, David N. Livingstone traces the history of the idea of non-adamic humanity, and the debates surrounding it, from the Middle Ages to the present day. From a multidisciplinary perspective, Livingstone examines how this alternative idea has been used for cultural, religious, and political purposes. He reveals how what began as biblical criticism became a theological apologetic to reconcile religion with science--evolution in particular--and was later used to support arguments for white supremacy and segregation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, \u003ci\u003eAdam's Ancestors\u003c\/i\u003e tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, \"Where did we come from?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David N. Livingstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421400650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421400655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"David N. Livingstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934795268351,"sku":"9781421400655","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_691a9c2f-7586-48f0-b6ae-48960dda9bd0.jpg?v=1681416093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adams-ancestors-david-n-livingstone-9781421400655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}