The Evolution of Culture in Animals by John Tyler Bonner — We Are Not as Special as We Think
Culture, most people assume, is the thing that separates us from the rest of life….
Up from Dragons by John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan — The Son Takes the Father’s Map and Draws New Territory
A review of Up from Dragons — Dorion Sagan and neuroscientist John Skoyles push past Carl Sagan’s Dragons of Eden with a new theory of consciousness, mindware, and the social brain.
Up from Dragons by John Skoyles and Dorion Sagan — The Son Takes the Father’s Map and Draws New Territory
A review of Up from Dragons — Dorion Sagan and neuroscientist John Skoyles push past Carl Sagan’s Dragons of Eden with a new theory of consciousness, mindware, and the social brain.
In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall — The Book That Moved the Boundary Between Us and Them
Jane Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man didn’t just study chimpanzees — it dismantled the wall between human and animal. A review of the book that redefined what it means to be human.
Grassland by Richard Manning — What We Buried Under the Breadbasket
A review of Richard Manning’s Grassland — the story of North America’s vanishing prairies, what we destroyed to build industrial agriculture, and why it matters now.
Fearsome Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Live in You — Roger M. Knutson
Pick this book up and the cover alone does something to you. Illustrated parasites curl…
