Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780156006538)

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.


Author: Ian Tattersall
ISBN-10: 0156006537
ISBN-13: 9780156006538
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 07/08/1999
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.33w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 13
Booklist 12/01/2000 pg. 687