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A natural history of ourselves
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- Book Synopsis
- Welcome to the field guide to your species, aka Homo sapiens. A strange mammal, it mates remarkably often, eats to the point of undermining its own health and marks territory with doors, fences and garden gnomes. It thinks of itself as complex, intelligent, and superior in every way to other animals - but is it, really? Hannah Holmes surveys the evidence. Drawing on fascinating parallels from the animal kingdom she shows that cheating on your partner makes you smarter, evolution makes you lie to your mother, and that we may not be as unique as we seem to think.
- About The Author
- Hannah Holmes is the author of Suburban Safari and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She was a frequent contributor on science and nature subjects for the Discovery Channel Online. She lives with her family in Portland, Maine. www.hannahholmes.net.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781848870406
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books, (01 July 2010)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 288 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 30 mm
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