Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time, Hardcover - Gaia Vince

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Kim (Professor, Australian National University) SterelnyNumber of pages: 264Collection: Jean Nicod LecturesPubli...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Gaia VinceNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 30Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

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'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight'Very funny' Mark WatsonAN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTOR...