- Published: 29 July 2010
- ISBN: 9780141967394
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
- Published: 29 July 2010
- ISBN: 9780141967394
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Spencer Wells - explorer, geneticist, geographer, and author - takes us on an exciting tour of the last 10,000 years of our history in order to forewarn us of what we shall have to deal with in the next 50 years
Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse
Spencer Wells's writing combines a deep knowledge of the history of human evolution with a most engaging and lively manner of making that story come alive. Pandora's Seed draws upon compelling anecdotes and moving personal narratives to crystallize a crucial turning point in the history of our species, the point at which modern human beings stop and look back at our long evolutionary trajectory, and confront squarely its dark side, its cost
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
Spencer Wells has a provocate and timely message. He argues that we are at a critical juncture where our culture could destroy the very essence of what it means to be human ... Everyone with a stake in humanity's future should read this book
Brian Fagan, author of The Great Warming and Cro-Magnon