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Today, we are malnourished in new ways, our foreheads are expanding. A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019- the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful species on Earth Transcendence by Gaia Vince Book review The TLS Culturally and cognitively, humans are unique we wield unprecedented control over our environment. Gaia Vince’s enthralling second book, ideal for anyone who loved Sapiens, shows how a unique combination of genes, environment and culture (from our love of objects to our knowledge of mortality) has enabled us to determine our own destiny, uniquely among species on earth.

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