A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain ...(展开全部)

路易斯·达特内尔（Lewis Dartnell），莱斯特大学和英国航天局（UKSA）研究员，也是屡获殊荣的科普作家。1980年生于英国伦敦，毕业于牛津大学生物学系，后在伦敦大学学院获得天体生物学博士学位，主要从事天体生物学和火星微生物生命的研究。在科研工作以外，他出版过多部科普作品，包括《宇宙中的生命》《我的太阳系旅游指南》《原点：地球如何塑造我们》等。此外，他经常为《卫报》《泰晤士报》《新科学家》等媒体撰写科普文章，也主持过英国广播公司（BBC）的多档科普节目。

For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible – and how human life today would cea...(展开全部)

In Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew; and pair bonding, marriage, the household, and even the sexual division of labor emerged. A pathbreaking theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will fascinate a...(展开全部)

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man , the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire , renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the...(展开全部)

理查德·兰厄姆（Richard Wrangham) 著名动物学家和演化人类学家，哈佛大学 Ruth B. Moore 生物人类学教授，美国艺术与科学院院士，英国国家学术院院士，麦克阿瑟天才奖得主。 兰厄姆是国际知名的野生黑猩猩研究专家，在动物社会生态学和人类社会与政治行为演化等领域做出了重要的理论和实证贡献。除了本书，他还著有《人性悖论：人类进化中的美德与暴力》《恶魔般的雄性：类人猿与人类暴力的起源》等。

Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man , the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire , renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift from raw to cooked foods was the...(展开全部)

In Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. Once our hominid ancestors began cooking, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew; and pair bonding, marriage, the household, and even the sexual division of labor emerged. A pathbreaking theory of human evolution, Catching Fire will fascinate a...(展开全部)