{"product_id":"being-human-how-our-biology-shaped-the-world-paperback","title":"Being Human: How Our Biology Shaped the World (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Illuminating'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTIM MARSHALL, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Future of Geography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Refreshing'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHOMAS HALLIDAY, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOtherlands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOur biology will change how you see the world. Lewis Dartnell explores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehow human biology has shaped relationships, societies, economies and wars across the globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow did haemophilia bring down the Russian royal family? And scurvy give rise to the Mafia?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are a wonder of evolution. Our exceptional abilities created life as we know it, but we're also deeply flawed. This extraordinary contradiction between our faculties and frailties is the essence of what it means to be human. And history has played out in the balance between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, Lewis Dartnell tells our story through the lens of this uniquely fragile nature for the first time. From cognitive biases to endemic diseases, he explores how human biology has shaped relationships, societies, economies and wars across the globe - and considers how, importantly, it continues to challenge and define our progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lewis Dartnell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43082892181682,"sku":"9781847926715","price":370.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781847926715.jpg?v=1767858041","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/being-human-how-our-biology-shaped-the-world-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}