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Masters of the Planet

The Search for Our Human Origins

by Ian Tattersall ...

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Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of ... Read more

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Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

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15 hours 18 min

****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and ... Read more

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****ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and
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Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

by Nick Lane ...

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Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... Read more

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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell
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EVOLUTION OF BREATH, THE

Explore the Fascinating History & Hidden Secrets of Breathing, Reveal the Scientific Discoveries & Key Evolutionary Milestones, & Uncover its Powerful Impact on Human Biology

by SOWMIYA SREE ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Have you ever wondered how the simple act of breathing has shaped life on Earth for billions of years?What if the air you breathe holds the key to unlocking the hidden secrets of human evolution?How has the evolution of breathing allowed life to thrive in water, land, and even shaped the future of human biology?Breathing is the essence ... ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Have you ever wondered how the simple act of breathing has shaped life on Earth for billions of years?What if the air you breathe holds the key to unlocking the hidden secrets of human evolution?How has the evolution of breathing allowed life to thrive in water, land, and even shaped the future of human biology?Breathing is the essence ...
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Gaia Wakes

Earth's Emergent Consciousness in an Age of Environmental Devastation

by Topher McDougal ...

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12 hours 27 min

Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet. Starting from a strong foundation in economics and drawing on a vast range of multidisciplinary scholarship, Topher McDougal explores the possibility of a fifth transition towards an upgraded Earth: the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ... Read more

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Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet. Starting from a strong foundation in economics and drawing on a vast range of multidisciplinary scholarship, Topher McDougal explores the possibility of a fifth transition towards an upgraded Earth: the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating
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Making Sense of Cancer

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by Jarle Breivik ...

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6 hours 30 min

Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted in science and the principles of evolution, this book ... Read more

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Design Dissected

Is the design real?

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5 hours 58 min

Many people assert that all of reality, including life, has simply emerged as a result of natural law and circumstance. How credible is that assumption? How well does it fit with what we find? Exquisite features of apparent design are in evidence everywhere we look. Either something is responsible for all the molecular engineering of life or, it just happened and nothing is directly responsible. ... Read more

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Many people assert that all of reality, including life, has simply emerged as a result of natural law and circumstance. How credible is that assumption? How well does it fit with what we find? Exquisite features of apparent design are in evidence everywhere we look. Either something is responsible for all the molecular engineering of life or, it just happened and nothing is directly responsible.
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Survival

Evolutionary Rules for Intelligent Species Survival

by Samuel Layne, Sherry Wang, Illustrator ...

Narrated by Nathaniel Ascher ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Survival
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20 hours 40 min

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Hard Evidence for ET Origins and Visits

A Scientific Story of Creation

by Scott R. Campbell ...

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Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the film Prometheus about traveling to the moon of a distant planet to find our creators, Shaw and Holloway make a presentation on their research to the crew. They seek answers to the age-old questions of where we came from. They claim our DNA was “engineered” by the same advanced alien species they seek.Immediately the biologist on the crew objects ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the film Prometheus about traveling to the moon of a distant planet to find our creators, Shaw and Holloway make a presentation on their research to the crew. They seek answers to the age-old questions of where we came from. They claim our DNA was “engineered” by the same advanced alien species they seek.Immediately the biologist on the crew objects
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Divine Intelligence

Is Life Woven Into the Fabric of the Universe?

by Ylia Callan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Chris G ...

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1 hour 31 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Divine Intelligence - Is Life Woven Into the Fabric of the Universe takes listeners on a profound journey through science, philosophy, and spirituality to explore one of the deepest questions of all: is life an accident of chance, or a fundamental feature of the cosmos itself?From the first sparks on a young Earth to the latest discoveries of ... Read more

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Reflective Cosmos, The

A Unified Theory of Space, Life and Mind

by Ylia Callan ...

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Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Reflective Cosmos - A Unified Theory of Space, Life and Mind invites listeners on a profound journey into the very fabric of existence. Blending cosmology, physics, biology, and philosophy, this groundbreaking work proposes that the universe itself is a mirror - a reflective medium through which space, time, life, and consciousness reveal their ... Read more

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A Little History of Everything

From the Big Bang to You

by Tim Coulson ...

Narrated by Tim Coulson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 32 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A COMPLETE, UNCOMPLICATED GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING**Have you ever wondered why you exist?What had to happen for you – and all life on Earth – to come into being?What is the true answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?In The Universal History of Us, Tim Coulson – Professor of Zoology at Oxford – takes us back ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.A COMPLETE, UNCOMPLICATED GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING**Have you ever wondered why you exist?What had to happen for you – and all life on Earth – to come into being?What is the true answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?In The Universal History of Us, Tim Coulson – Professor of Zoology at Oxford – takes us back
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The Universe Within

Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People

by Neil Shubin ...

Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human bodies ... Read more

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**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human bodies
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Inheritance

The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World

by Harvey Whitehouse ...

Narrated by Harvey Whitehouse ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

Brought to you by PenguinHow our evolved psychology has shaped the past, present and future of humanity.Each of us is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases, forged through countless millennia of natural and cultural selection, which shape every facet of our behaviour.For generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights, driving the rise of more sophisticated ... Read more

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Brought to you by PenguinHow our evolved psychology has shaped the past, present and future of humanity.Each of us is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases, forged through countless millennia of natural and cultural selection, which shape every facet of our behaviour.For generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights, driving the rise of more sophisticated
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Science in the Soul

Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward, Gillian Somerscales ...

Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Science in the Soul by Richard Dawkins, read by the author, Lalla Ward and Gillian Somerscales.This edition includes a bonus PDF of a bibliography and references.Richard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion - is one of science's greatest communicators. This anthology of more than forty pieces is a ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Science in the Soul by Richard Dawkins, read by the author, Lalla Ward and Gillian Somerscales.This edition includes a bonus PDF of a bibliography and references.Richard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion - is one of science's greatest communicators. This anthology of more than forty pieces is a
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Bite

An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans

by Bill Schutt ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of—or in—our faces: teeth.In Bite, zoologist Bill Schutt makes a surprising case: it is teeth that are responsible for the long-term success of vertebrates. The appearance of teeth, ... Read more

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From three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of—or in—our faces: teeth.In Bite, zoologist Bill Schutt makes a surprising case: it is teeth that are responsible for the long-term success of vertebrates. The appearance of teeth,
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Human Agency

75% DNA, 25% Free Will

by Muren Herrid ...

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Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

Nature versus nurture has shaped centuries of debate—but what if the answer is neither, and both?In Human Agency: 75% DNA, 25% Free Will, scientist and biotechnologist Muren Herrid, PhD, revisits the classic question of whether our lives are determined by genetics (nature) or environment and experience (nurture)—and argues that modern science demands a more nuanced answer.Drawing on research in ... Read more

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Nature versus nurture has shaped centuries of debate—but what if the answer is neither, and both?In Human Agency: 75% DNA, 25% Free Will, scientist and biotechnologist Muren Herrid, PhD, revisits the classic question of whether our lives are determined by genetics (nature) or environment and experience (nurture)—and argues that modern science demands a more nuanced answer.Drawing on research in
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Skeleton Keys

The Secret Life of Bone

by Riley Black (Brian Switek) ...

Narrated by Will Damron ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

“A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street JournalOur bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen.Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over more than four hundred million years of evolutionary history. It gives your body its shape and the ability to move. It grows and changes with you ... Read more

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“A provocative and entertaining magical mineral tour through the life and afterlife of bone.” —Wall Street JournalOur bones have many stories to tell, if you know how to listen.Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over more than four hundred million years of evolutionary history. It gives your body its shape and the ability to move. It grows and changes with you
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The Cat's Meow

How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa

by Jonathan B. Losos ...

Narrated by Jonathan B. Losos ...

Unabridged

11 hours 21 min

**The past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover."Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Cat's Meow is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy." —The Washington Post**The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little ... Read more

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**The past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover."Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Cat's Meow is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy." —The Washington Post**The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little
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Life Changing

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION

by Helen Pilcher ...

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Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Bloomsbury presents Life Changing written and read by Helen Pilcher.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday TimesFor the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Life Changing written and read by Helen Pilcher.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON GLOBAL CONSERVATION'Pilcher is both very funny and very, very clever.' Gillian Burke'Richly entertaining throughout.' Sunday TimesFor the last three billion years or so, life on Earth was shaped by natural forces. Evolution tended to happen slowly, with species crafted across
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The Fool and the Heretic

How Two Scientists Moved beyond Labels to a Christian Dialogue about Creation and Evolution

by Todd Charles Wood, Darrel R. Falk ...

Narrated by Gabe Wicks, John Behrens, John Watson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 40 min

The Fool and the Heretic is a deeply personal story told by two respected scientists who hold opposing views on the topic of origins, share a common faith in Jesus Christ, and began a sometimes-painful journey to explore how they can remain in Christian fellowship when each thinks the other is harming the church. To some in the church, anyone who accepts the theory of evolution has rejected ... Read more

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The Fool and the Heretic is a deeply personal story told by two respected scientists who hold opposing views on the topic of origins, share a common faith in Jesus Christ, and began a sometimes-painful journey to explore how they can remain in Christian fellowship when each thinks the other is harming the church. To some in the church, anyone who accepts the theory of evolution has rejected
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A Brief History of Intelligence

Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI

by Max Bennett ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & SlowThe entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way ... Read more

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Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & SlowThe entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way
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Other Minds

The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The TimesWhat if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how ... Read more

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BBC R4 Book of the Week ‘Brilliant’ Guardian ‘Fascinating and often delightful’ The TimesWhat if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how
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The Shortest History of Sex

Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation

by David Baker ...

Narrated by Grant Cartwright ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? And what might sex look like in the future?With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality—chemical, ... Read more

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From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? And what might sex look like in the future?With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality—chemical,
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