Anthropology

This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Dawn of Mankind, the story of how fragile primates became toolmakers, storytellers, farmers, and builders of civilization.

The body has always been more than flesh.

Alle hundert Jahre fragen zwei Engel: »Schwärmen die Bienen noch?

The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.

The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.

JAVA, JUSTICE, AND THE SOUL OF INDONESIAA Lawyer's Guide to Culture, Law, and the Hopes of His Nation"e;When the law doesn't speak enough, culture will answer.

A wondrous journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees from the tiniest bonsai to the mightiest sequoia teach us to grow wise, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor.

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan.

In March 2021, the United States was beginning to emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

El texto relata cómo, tras haber sido percibido durante siglos como un cerro inofensivo, el volcán Arenal hizo erupción el 29 de julio de 1968, arrojando fuego y lava que en pocas horas causaron destrucción y numerosas muertes.

Depuis 2021, des recherches ont été menées sur l'acquisition de plus de 400 restes humains provenant des colonies allemandes d'Afrique de l'Ouest et conservés au Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte de Berlin.

Ever since Darwin established our close relationship with living apes, anthropologists have sought fossil evidence for the so-called 'missing link', a transitional form between apes and humans.

The ability to produce fire on demand is one that humans share with no other species in the world.

'Richly provocative an important book that will open shuttered minds TelegraphWhat does free speech really mean?

For many years, palaeoanthropologists believed that human evolution was a straightforward progression from the ape-like australopithecines, to the more human but still small-brained Homo erectus, to the larger-brained Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

More than two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water.

From the Great Chain of Being to Out of Africa : Understanding the origins of modern humansHow do we as humans view ourselves?

The cave art of Lascaux, Altamira, and many other European Upper Palaeolithic sites is world-famous.

The case of the Piltdown Man is the most notorious hoax in the history of palaeoanthropology.

Why do groups of people choose death together?

In 2022, there were 577,160 deaths registered in England and Wales.

Imagine a multifunction tool that remained in use, more or less unchanged, not for decades, but one and a three-quarter million years.

Eugène Dubois believed that he had found the missing link, a view he would continue to hold until his death.

Deep in the mist-shrouded hollows and ancient limestone caves of the Ozarks, the Forest People are no longer hiding.

The ability to produce fire on demand is one that humans share with no other species in the world.

What if the greatest secret of North American prehistory lies not in Egypt or Mesoamerica, but in the ancient hills of the Ozarks?

ANTI TRANSHUMANISM: Adversus Transhumanismum (Introducing Parahumanism) 1st EditionA bold philosophical critique of the transhumanist movement, Adversus Transhumanismum exposes how the promises of human enhancement, immortality, and post-biological evolution remain inaccessible to most—especially in developing nations where basic needs are still unmet.

Stories do more than entertain.

We move through systems every day, often without noticing them.

El presente trabajo es una reflexión sobre la escena analítica construida a partir de la perspectiva de las y los analizantes, es decir, de las teorías que ellas y ellos construyen respecto a ese espacio/tiempo especial, donde encuentran a un otro, al mismo tiempo íntimo y extraño, a quien le hablan.

"Sabemos que era enemigo de los filósofos: apoderarse de una de sus armas y volverla contra ellos, debió causarle un belicoso placer".

Modern life became faster, safer, more connected, and more comfortable than at any other time in human history.

The Ethics of Uncertainty: Why Human Vows Fail is an irreverent, insightful, and deeply human exploration of why our promises so often crumble beneath the weight of real life.

'Singh is a brilliant young scholar and a gifted writer, and this remarkable book will change how you think about religion, spirituality, consciousness, and human nature' Paul BloomWhat are the origins of shamanism and what is its future?

THE PATTERN OF WHOLENESS: The Civilizational Truth of Human Continuity is a comprehensive civilizational inquiry into the structural realities that sustain human continuity, relational balance, family stability, and social cohesion across generations.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF NEW SCIENTIST'S BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR: 'An insider's must-read book.

*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The GuardianCoffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's most popular drug.

Why has Atlantis endured with such unusual force for more than two millennia?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera'By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted.

Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while?

In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion - values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world.

'An outstanding book' SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.

'One of the most articulate cultural anthropologists of this generation.

Why Men Don't Iron is an eye-opening, mind-blowing book on how the major sex differences in our brains impact on our daily lives and behaviour.

A hilarious field guide to the world's most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.

One of our most admired and loved psychologists turns her attention to the essence of the good relationship, and why we need enemies as well as friends.

How long do humans have left on Earth?

This latest volume in the New Naturalist series provides a comprehensive study of wildlife conservation in Britain, concentrating on events in the last 30 years.

The new, fully-updated edition of Collins Tracing Your Family History is the definitive handbook for anyone interested in tracing their family's past.