| A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change Contributor(s): Calvin, William H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226092038 ISBN-13: 9780226092034 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Winner of the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science Mankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abrupt and severe changes to Earth's climate. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing us how such cycles of cool, crash, and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings--and warning us of human activities that could trigger similarly massive shifts in the planet's climate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology |
| Dewey: 304.25 |
| LCCN: 2001037602 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.56" W x 8.42" (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science Mankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abrupt and severe changes to Earth's climate. In this unique travelogue, William H. Calvin takes us around the globe and back in time, showing us how such cycles of cool, crash, and burn provided the impetus for enormous increases in the intelligence and complexity of human beings--and warning us of human activities that could trigger similarly massive shifts in the planet's climate. |