-
The Last Lost World
- Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Compra ahora por $30.08
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Resumen del Editor
An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time - and as a cultural idea.
The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions - of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths, and not least early species of Homo. It’s the world that created ours. But outside that environmental story there exists a parallel narrative that describes how our ideas about the Pleistocene have emerged. This story explains the place of the Pleistocene in shaping intellectual culture, and the role of a rapidly evolving culture in creating the idea of the Pleistocene and in establishing its dimensions. This second story addresses how the epoch, its Earth-shaping events, and its creatures, both those that survived and those that disappeared, helped kindle new sciences and a new origins story as the sciences split from the humanities as a way of looking at the past.
Ultimately, it is the story of how the dominant creature to emerge from the frost-and-fire world of the Pleistocene came to understand its place in the scheme of things. A remarkable synthesis of science and history, The Last Lost World describes the world that made our modern one.
Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
- De: Stephen J. Pyne
- Narrado por: Jack de Golia
- Duración: 30 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Stephen Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape. A timely environmental classic. Pyne was named by Science magazine as "the world's leading authority on the history of fire." The narrator of Fire in America, Jack de Golia, served as a firefighter with the National Park Service and then as a fire information officer for the NPS, Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.
-
-
fire fighter read
- De ELLIOT ANDERSON en 05-15-24
De: Stephen J. Pyne
-
The Little Ice Age
- How Climate Made History 1300-1850
- De: Brian Fagan
- Narrado por: Michael Langan
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how climate altered historical events, and what they mean in the context of today’s global warming.
-
-
Good but…
- De lucastoli en 07-14-22
De: Brian Fagan
-
Otherlands
- A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
- De: Thomas Halliday
- Narrado por: Adetomiwa Edun
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life.
-
-
Great book brilliantly read
- De Dipam en 04-06-22
De: Thomas Halliday
-
The World Before Us
- The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
- De: Tom Higham
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technology.
-
-
Wonderfully Accessible
- De Deborah N en 11-02-21
De: Tom Higham
-
1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- De: Eric H. Cline
- Narrado por: Eric H. Cline
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.
-
-
Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-07-22
De: Eric H. Cline
-
America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- De: Graham Hancock
- Narrado por: Graham Hancock
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Stunning new archaeological discoveries in North America together with new genetic evidence have launched a revolution in our understanding of the remote past of our species and of the origins of civilization. Graham Hancock, the internationally best-selling author has been overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries. America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today.
-
-
Fun to Think About
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-19
De: Graham Hancock
-
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
- Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
- De: Stephen J. Pyne
- Narrado por: Jack de Golia
- Duración: 30 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Stephen Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape. A timely environmental classic. Pyne was named by Science magazine as "the world's leading authority on the history of fire." The narrator of Fire in America, Jack de Golia, served as a firefighter with the National Park Service and then as a fire information officer for the NPS, Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.
-
-
fire fighter read
- De ELLIOT ANDERSON en 05-15-24
De: Stephen J. Pyne
-
The Little Ice Age
- How Climate Made History 1300-1850
- De: Brian Fagan
- Narrado por: Michael Langan
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how climate altered historical events, and what they mean in the context of today’s global warming.
-
-
Good but…
- De lucastoli en 07-14-22
De: Brian Fagan
-
Otherlands
- A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
- De: Thomas Halliday
- Narrado por: Adetomiwa Edun
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes sixteen fossil sites burst to life.
-
-
Great book brilliantly read
- De Dipam en 04-06-22
De: Thomas Halliday
-
The World Before Us
- The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
- De: Tom Higham
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technology.
-
-
Wonderfully Accessible
- De Deborah N en 11-02-21
De: Tom Higham
-
1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- De: Eric H. Cline
- Narrado por: Eric H. Cline
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.
-
-
Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-07-22
De: Eric H. Cline
-
America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- De: Graham Hancock
- Narrado por: Graham Hancock
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Stunning new archaeological discoveries in North America together with new genetic evidence have launched a revolution in our understanding of the remote past of our species and of the origins of civilization. Graham Hancock, the internationally best-selling author has been overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries. America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today.
-
-
Fun to Think About
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-19
De: Graham Hancock
-
The Language of God
- A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
- De: Francis S. Collins
- Narrado por: Francis S. Collins
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. Dr. Collins has resolved the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science. Faith in God and faith in science can be harmonious, not separately but together, combined into one worldview. For Collins, science does not conflict with the Bible, science enhances it.
-
-
For those on the fence
- De Stephen en 10-07-06
-
Darwin's Doubt
- The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
- De: Stephen C. Meyer
- Narrado por: Derek Shetterly
- Duración: 14 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the "Cambrian explosion", many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin's Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life.
-
-
A Black Mirror version of science
- De Justin M en 11-28-17
De: Stephen C. Meyer
-
The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith
- Exploring the Ultimate Questions About Life and the Cosmos
- De: William A. Dembski, Casey Luskin, Joseph M. Holden, y otros
- Narrado por: William Sarris
- Duración: 30 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Science and Christianity are often presented as opposites, when in fact the order of the universe and the complexity of life powerfully testify to intelligent design. With this comprehensive resource that includes the latest research, you'll witness how the findings of scientists provide compelling reasons to acknowledge the mind and presence of a creator.
-
-
Best book on this topic
- De Mendy en 05-25-22
De: William A. Dembski, y otros
-
Darwin on Trial
- De: Phillip E. Johnson
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact. This easy acceptance, however, hides from us the many ways in which evolution - as an idea - shapes our thinking about a great many things. What if this idea is wrong? What if "evolution" is just a word that covers up scientific ignorance of how the wonders of the living world could have been created? Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson looks at the evidence for Darwinistic evolution the way a lawyer would - with a cold dispassionate eye for logic and proof.
-
-
Pretty good book
- De mk313 en 05-11-05
-
The Yugas
- Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future
- De: Joseph Selbie, David Steinmetz, Swami Kriyananda - foreword
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced knowledge contained in India's Vedas. But in 1894, an Indian sage gave us an explanation not only for our hidden past but for the trends of today and for our future enlightenment - the 24,000-year yuga cycle.
-
-
Excellent book but one slight problem
- De Z en 02-19-19
De: Joseph Selbie, y otros
-
Evolution Impossible
- 12 Reasons Why Evolution Cannot Explain the Origin of Life on Earth
- De: Dr. John F. Ashton
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Using recent discoveries in genetics, biochemistry, geology, radiometric dating, and other scientific disciplines, Dr. Ashton explains chapter by chapter in straightforward language 12 compelling reasons why Darwin's theory of evolution is just a myth. Taking the evidence refuting evolution to a new level with a wide-ranging analysis, this is a must-listen book for all students, Christian educators, scientists, and anyone eager to defend a biblical worldview.
-
-
Frustrating
- De Christopher Igou en 11-14-19
-
Darwin's House of Cards
- A Journalist's Odyssey Through the Darwin Debates
- De: Tom Bethell
- Narrado por: Matthew McAuliffe
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a 19th-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory. Bethell's account is enriched by his own personal encounters with of some of our era's leading scientists and thinkers.
-
-
Informative work.
- De Phillip Walker en 07-31-19
De: Tom Bethell
-
Who We Are and How We Got Here
- De: David Reich
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species.
-
-
Great Book, No Maps Available thru Audible
- De Jane W. en 07-15-18
De: David Reich
-
Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Just in the last three years a flood of new scientific findings, driven by revelations discovered in the human genome, has provided compelling new answers to many long-standing mysteries about our most ancient ancestors, the people who first evolved in Africa and then went on to colonize the whole world. Nicholas Wade weaves this host of news-making findings together for the first time into an intriguing new history of the human story before the dawn of civilization.
-
-
Amazing information
- De Albert en 06-15-07
De: Nicholas Wade
-
Evolution
- The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
- De: Edward J. Larson
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Edward J. Larson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and eminent science historian. This marvelously readable, yet sumptuously erudite work traces the development of the scientific theory of evolution. From Darwin's essential trip to the Galápagos, to the most contemporary studies in sociobiology, this work takes listeners both into the field and laboratories of the world's greatest evolutionary scientists, and shows how the theory of evolution has itself evolved.
-
-
An Excellent History!
- De Bradly D. Elder en 08-13-07
De: Edward J. Larson
-
The Patterning Instinct
- A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning
- De: Jeremy Lent, Fritjof Capra - foreword
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 19 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different peoples: early hunter-gatherers and farmers, ancient Egyptians, traditional Chinese sages, the founders of Christianity, trailblazers of the Scientific Revolution, and those who constructed our modern consumer society.
-
-
Wonderful book! Changes your perspective on the human race and where we might be going.
- De Susan en 03-29-18
De: Jeremy Lent, y otros
-
The Neanderthals Rediscovered
- How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story (Revised and Updated Edition)
- De: Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals' behavior was surprisingly modern: they buried the dead, cared for the sick, hunted large animals in their prime, harvested seafood, and communicated with spoken language. Meanwhile, advances in DNA technologies are compelling us to reassess the Neanderthals' place in our own past.
-
-
Fascinating Subject... Soporific Reader
- De Andrew E. Yarosh en 11-21-17
De: Dimitra Papagianni, y otros
Relacionado con este tema
-
Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- De: Colin Renfrew
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A giant of archaeology, Colin Renfrew has immeasurably improved our understanding of human history. In this passionately argued work, he offers a concise summary of prehistory - human existence that predates the development of written records - while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself.
-
-
not for the intellectually challenged
- De Anthony en 07-14-10
De: Colin Renfrew
-
Evolution
- The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
- De: Edward J. Larson
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Edward J. Larson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and eminent science historian. This marvelously readable, yet sumptuously erudite work traces the development of the scientific theory of evolution. From Darwin's essential trip to the Galápagos, to the most contemporary studies in sociobiology, this work takes listeners both into the field and laboratories of the world's greatest evolutionary scientists, and shows how the theory of evolution has itself evolved.
-
-
An Excellent History!
- De Bradly D. Elder en 08-13-07
De: Edward J. Larson
-
America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- De: Graham Hancock
- Narrado por: Graham Hancock
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Stunning new archaeological discoveries in North America together with new genetic evidence have launched a revolution in our understanding of the remote past of our species and of the origins of civilization. Graham Hancock, the internationally best-selling author has been overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries. America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today.
-
-
Fun to Think About
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-19
De: Graham Hancock
-
The Neanderthals Rediscovered
- How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story (Revised and Updated Edition)
- De: Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals' behavior was surprisingly modern: they buried the dead, cared for the sick, hunted large animals in their prime, harvested seafood, and communicated with spoken language. Meanwhile, advances in DNA technologies are compelling us to reassess the Neanderthals' place in our own past.
-
-
Fascinating Subject... Soporific Reader
- De Andrew E. Yarosh en 11-21-17
De: Dimitra Papagianni, y otros
-
Deep Truth
- Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
- De: Gregg Braden
- Narrado por: Gregg Braden
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A new world is emerging before our eyes, while the unsustainable world of the past struggles to continue. Both worlds reflect the beliefs of our past. Both exist - but only for now. Which world do you choose? Best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that the hottest issues that divide us as families, nations, and civilizations-seemingly separate concerns such as war, terror, abortion, suicide, genocide, the death penalty, poverty, economic collapse, and nuclear war - are actually related.
-
-
Good Information
- De David en 08-13-12
De: Gregg Braden
-
The Landscape of History
- How Historians Map the Past
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.
-
-
Excellent Book!
- De Billy en 09-15-18
-
Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- De: Colin Renfrew
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A giant of archaeology, Colin Renfrew has immeasurably improved our understanding of human history. In this passionately argued work, he offers a concise summary of prehistory - human existence that predates the development of written records - while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself.
-
-
not for the intellectually challenged
- De Anthony en 07-14-10
De: Colin Renfrew
-
Evolution
- The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
- De: Edward J. Larson
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Edward J. Larson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and eminent science historian. This marvelously readable, yet sumptuously erudite work traces the development of the scientific theory of evolution. From Darwin's essential trip to the Galápagos, to the most contemporary studies in sociobiology, this work takes listeners both into the field and laboratories of the world's greatest evolutionary scientists, and shows how the theory of evolution has itself evolved.
-
-
An Excellent History!
- De Bradly D. Elder en 08-13-07
De: Edward J. Larson
-
America Before
- The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
- De: Graham Hancock
- Narrado por: Graham Hancock
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Stunning new archaeological discoveries in North America together with new genetic evidence have launched a revolution in our understanding of the remote past of our species and of the origins of civilization. Graham Hancock, the internationally best-selling author has been overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries. America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization is a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries, and profound implications for how we lead our lives today.
-
-
Fun to Think About
- De Amazon Customer en 04-26-19
De: Graham Hancock
-
The Neanderthals Rediscovered
- How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story (Revised and Updated Edition)
- De: Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals' behavior was surprisingly modern: they buried the dead, cared for the sick, hunted large animals in their prime, harvested seafood, and communicated with spoken language. Meanwhile, advances in DNA technologies are compelling us to reassess the Neanderthals' place in our own past.
-
-
Fascinating Subject... Soporific Reader
- De Andrew E. Yarosh en 11-21-17
De: Dimitra Papagianni, y otros
-
Deep Truth
- Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
- De: Gregg Braden
- Narrado por: Gregg Braden
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A new world is emerging before our eyes, while the unsustainable world of the past struggles to continue. Both worlds reflect the beliefs of our past. Both exist - but only for now. Which world do you choose? Best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that the hottest issues that divide us as families, nations, and civilizations-seemingly separate concerns such as war, terror, abortion, suicide, genocide, the death penalty, poverty, economic collapse, and nuclear war - are actually related.
-
-
Good Information
- De David en 08-13-12
De: Gregg Braden
-
The Landscape of History
- How Historians Map the Past
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.
-
-
Excellent Book!
- De Billy en 09-15-18
-
Masters of the Planet
- The Search for Our Human Origins
- De: Ian Tattersall
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of the planet? Ian Tattersall, curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us deep into the fossil record to uncover what made humans so special.
-
-
Great Book, Some Sloppy Editing
- De DB en 11-23-20
De: Ian Tattersall
-
The Yugas
- Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future
- De: Joseph Selbie, David Steinmetz, Swami Kriyananda - foreword
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced knowledge contained in India's Vedas. But in 1894, an Indian sage gave us an explanation not only for our hidden past but for the trends of today and for our future enlightenment - the 24,000-year yuga cycle.
-
-
Excellent book but one slight problem
- De Z en 02-19-19
De: Joseph Selbie, y otros
-
The Story of Western Science
- From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory
- De: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves.
-
-
Good text, tedious book structure
- De Diane K. en 10-07-15
De: Susan Wise Bauer
-
Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Just in the last three years a flood of new scientific findings, driven by revelations discovered in the human genome, has provided compelling new answers to many long-standing mysteries about our most ancient ancestors, the people who first evolved in Africa and then went on to colonize the whole world. Nicholas Wade weaves this host of news-making findings together for the first time into an intriguing new history of the human story before the dawn of civilization.
-
-
Amazing information
- De Albert en 06-15-07
De: Nicholas Wade
-
First Peoples in a New World
- Colonizing Ice Age America
- De: David J. Meltzer
- Narrado por: Christopher Prince
- Duración: 11 h
- Versión resumida
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology.
-
-
Last Gasp of American Anthropological Orthodoxy
- De Thomas66 en 01-05-17
De: David J. Meltzer
-
Written in Stone
- Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
- De: Brian Switek
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Spectacular fossil finds make today's headlines; new technology unlocks secrets of skeletons unearthed 100 years ago. Still, evolution is often poorly represented by the media and misunderstood by the public. A potent antidote to pseudoscience, Written in Stone is an engrossing history of evolutionary discovery for anyone who has marveled at the variety and richness of life.
-
-
Very good but has some weaknesses
- De Anonymous User en 06-23-19
De: Brian Switek
-
Paleontology
- A Brief History of Life
- De: Ian Tattersall
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment.
-
-
great summary of where we are with understanding
- De david en 06-25-11
De: Ian Tattersall
-
How to Build a Dinosaur
- Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever
- De: Jack Horner, James Gorman
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In movies, in novels, in comic strips, and on television, we've all seen dinosaurs - or at least somebody's educated guess of what they would look like. But what if it were possible to build, or grow, a real dinosaur without finding ancient DNA? Jack Horner, the scientist who advised Steven Spielberg on the blockbuster film Jurassic Park and a pioneer in bringing paleontology into the 21st century, teams up with the editor of the New York Times's Science Times section to reveal exactly what's in store.
-
-
Good book but misplaced title
- De Robert en 06-19-15
De: Jack Horner, y otros
-
Nonzero
- The Logic of Human Destiny
- De: Robert Wright
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 16 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
At the beginning of Nonzero, Robert Wright sets out to "define the arrow of the history of life, from the primordial soup to the World Wide Web." Twenty-two chapters later, after a sweeping and vivid narrative of the human past, he has succeeded and has mounted a powerful challenge to the conventional view that evolution and human history are aimless.
-
-
Non-Zero (but pretty close to zero)
- De Douglas en 02-06-14
De: Robert Wright
-
Evolution
- What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters: Adapted for Audio
- De: Donald R. Prothero
- Narrado por: John Bishop
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
- Versión resumida
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Over the past 20 years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before.
-
-
NOT WORTH THE PRICE OF ADDMISSION
- De CRAIG en 12-25-14
-
A Troublesome Inheritance
- Genes, Race, and Human History
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story. Human evolution, the consensus view insists, ended in prehistory. Inconveniently, as Nicholas Wade argues in A Troublesome Inheritance, the consensus view cannot be right. And in fact, we know that populations have changed in the past few thousand years - to be lactose tolerant, for example, and to survive at high altitudes.
-
-
This is NOT Racism!...
- De Douglas en 06-01-14
De: Nicholas Wade
-
Why Darwin Matters
- The Case for Evolution and Against Intelligent Design
- De: Michael Shermer
- Narrado por: uncredited
- Duración: 4 h y 22 m
- Versión resumida
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Columnist and publisher Michael Shermer, once an evangelical Christian and a creationist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents invoke a combination of ad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology in their new brand of creationism. He refutes their pseudoscientific arguments and then demonstrates why conservatives and people of faith can and should embrace evolution. Why Darwin Matters is an incisive examination of what is at stake in the debate over evolution.
-
-
TOTAL MISREPRENTATION: WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
- De Theo Tsourdalakis en 09-04-11
De: Michael Shermer
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
-
Cro-Magnon
- How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
- De: Brian Fagan
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Best-selling author Brian Fagan brings early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling. Cro-Magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges - including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals. For ten millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals, an encounter that Fagan fills with drama.
-
-
Fact and fiction
- De Paul en 08-12-10
De: Brian Fagan
-
Cahokia
- Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi
- De: Timothy Pauketat
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Professor Timothy R. Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. Louis reveal “woodhenges” and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.
-
-
probably better in hard copy
- De Mary en 06-05-11
De: Timothy Pauketat
-
Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- De: Colin Renfrew
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A giant of archaeology, Colin Renfrew has immeasurably improved our understanding of human history. In this passionately argued work, he offers a concise summary of prehistory - human existence that predates the development of written records - while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself.
-
-
not for the intellectually challenged
- De Anthony en 07-14-10
De: Colin Renfrew
-
World Prehistory
- The Basics
- De: Brian M. Fagan, Nadia Durrani
- Narrado por: Lee Goettl
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Why is world prehistory important in the modern world? What does it tell us about ourselves? Providing a simple, but entertaining and stimulating, account of the prehistoric past from human origins to today from a global perspective, World Prehistory: The Basics is the ideal guide to the story of our early human past and its relevance to the modern world.
De: Brian M. Fagan, y otros
-
Atlas of a Lost World
- De: Craig Childs
- Narrado por: Craig Childs
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America 20,000 years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were.
-
-
Blaaaa
- De Josh NJ en 07-26-18
De: Craig Childs
-
The Pleistocene Era
- The History of the Ice Age and the Dawn of Modern Humans
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Daniel Houle
- Duración: 2 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Pleistocene spans a period from around 2.5 million years ago (mya) to just over 12,000 years ago, and it was an epoch of enormous change on Earth, mainly characterized by climate changes involving fluctuations between periods of extreme heat and long periods of glaciation. This period is commonly known as the Ice Age, despite the fact there were actually a number of separate periods of cold. The Pleistocene Era: The History of the Ice Age and the Dawn of Modern Humans looks at the development of the era, what life on Earth was like, and the origins of archaic humans.
-
-
Meh
- De Sarah en 04-09-21
-
Cro-Magnon
- How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans
- De: Brian Fagan
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Best-selling author Brian Fagan brings early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytelling. Cro-Magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges - including a rival species of humans, the Neanderthals. For ten millennia, Cro-Magnons lived side by side with Neanderthals, an encounter that Fagan fills with drama.
-
-
Fact and fiction
- De Paul en 08-12-10
De: Brian Fagan
-
Cahokia
- Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi
- De: Timothy Pauketat
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Professor Timothy R. Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. Louis reveal “woodhenges” and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.
-
-
probably better in hard copy
- De Mary en 06-05-11
De: Timothy Pauketat
-
Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- De: Colin Renfrew
- Narrado por: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A giant of archaeology, Colin Renfrew has immeasurably improved our understanding of human history. In this passionately argued work, he offers a concise summary of prehistory - human existence that predates the development of written records - while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself.
-
-
not for the intellectually challenged
- De Anthony en 07-14-10
De: Colin Renfrew
-
World Prehistory
- The Basics
- De: Brian M. Fagan, Nadia Durrani
- Narrado por: Lee Goettl
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Why is world prehistory important in the modern world? What does it tell us about ourselves? Providing a simple, but entertaining and stimulating, account of the prehistoric past from human origins to today from a global perspective, World Prehistory: The Basics is the ideal guide to the story of our early human past and its relevance to the modern world.
De: Brian M. Fagan, y otros
-
Atlas of a Lost World
- De: Craig Childs
- Narrado por: Craig Childs
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America 20,000 years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were.
-
-
Blaaaa
- De Josh NJ en 07-26-18
De: Craig Childs
-
The Pleistocene Era
- The History of the Ice Age and the Dawn of Modern Humans
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Daniel Houle
- Duración: 2 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Pleistocene spans a period from around 2.5 million years ago (mya) to just over 12,000 years ago, and it was an epoch of enormous change on Earth, mainly characterized by climate changes involving fluctuations between periods of extreme heat and long periods of glaciation. This period is commonly known as the Ice Age, despite the fact there were actually a number of separate periods of cold. The Pleistocene Era: The History of the Ice Age and the Dawn of Modern Humans looks at the development of the era, what life on Earth was like, and the origins of archaic humans.
-
-
Meh
- De Sarah en 04-09-21
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Last Lost World
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Amazon Customer nutbutter
- 09-25-18
sucks
had a good idea,but somewhere along the say,it all turned into mind bending boring lecturing
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Gary
- 11-27-12
A history of the idea of the Ice Age
It took me a while to realize that this book wasn't about the development of the Ice Age and the evolving of homo sapiens, but, rather, a story about the development of man's idea about thinking about those things.
The story that we tell (the narrative) to explain our understanding has changed as our philosophy about how we think about science has changed.
If you are interested in the differences between logical positivism, positivism and other branches of schools of thought about the philosophy of science this book will interest you. I am, and the book held my interest, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be about, and I would be well served to re-listen to it with my philosopher hat on instead of my scientist hat.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 15 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Adam
- 10-27-22
Still lost
If you want to know how and where humans lived through the last ice age, keep walking. Do not look here. You will find nothing new in this book. If you want a book length opinion piece about the history of historical concepts about various things, you might enjoy this book, or not. It struck me like a prolonged riff about a blog post. The chosen subjects are random counterpoint reactions to obsolete theories about various things, not adding anything much. While listening to this book I was so bored by lack of real content that I started to read a free kindle history book about the ice age at the same time, and didn’t feel like I missed anything important from either book. Clearly, the question of how and where modern human populations survived to emerge from the last glacial period is still available for any scholars who can deliver meaningful answers.
Established: we came out of Africa and existed in various unspecified places before the last glacial period, and then spread out everywhere sometime after. That’s all this book will tell you, and you probably already knew that. If you didn’t, well, now you do.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- John Ciccariello
- 07-14-17
Very interesting but convoluted.
It has science, and the description of that science in a historial sense. delving into the historical evidence of extinct species and the r ize of hominids.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Jim
- 05-20-14
"Pleistocene" as a Linguistic Construct
Do not purchase this book thinking its about the doings of geology, climate, plants, animals, and archaic people during the era in its title. It's about the frailties of language. It's about the term "Pleistocene" being at the intersection of common narrative and scientific investigation. It's about etiologically probing the semantics of "Pleistocene" to reveal its constituent parts. If that's your idea of a good time . . . buy the book and laugh yourself hoarse.
It's obvious the authors are academics. The female is into archaeology and how rhetoric of various kinds defines historical categories; the male just finished a separate book of fire photographs from around the world. Now, they are certainly nice people and both are obviously smart and highly educated. One or both of them is a gifted wordsmith. Nevertheless, let me ask: Unless already rich, how could they earn a living from this sort of stuff beyond the doorsteps of a university? It's the only place it's valued. It's certainly boring for the rest of us and not very informative. The book's pith could be reduced to an article in an academic journal—published by an English rather than a History or Paleontology panel of reviewers. I gave it a chance. I listened through the third chapter before turning it off. The narrator does his best with what he was given.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 9 personas