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The Cradle of Humanity

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Cradle of Humanity

By Mark A. Maslin

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About the book

Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particularly fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. So how did we become the worlds apex predator and take over theplanet? Fundamental to our success...Show more

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9780198704539

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2019

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The Cradle of Humanity

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Paperback

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