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Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—bui…

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An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism—have been shaped not by humans but by germs

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The Ice Age: The History and Legacy of the Glacial Period during the Pleistocene Era

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Other Minds

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the …

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This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own ta…

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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive history of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the narrative in …

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The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and en…

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The Stone Age: The History and Legacy of the Prehistoric Period When Humans Started Using Stone Tools

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The classic book on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind.

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The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.

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