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How to Be Human: Consciousness, Language and 48 More Things that Make You You

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What is it that makes us human? Is it language, imagination, morality, or is it that we cook and wear shoes? Or perhaps we are less human than we think .

Once again, New Scientist have all of the fascinating and unexpected answers, and—just as they did for the universe in The Origin of Everything—in How to Be Human they take us on a tour around the human body and brain, taking in everything from evolution to email, from the Stone Age to Spotify.

How do languages change the way our brains are wired? What can evolutionary theory tell us about who we are attracted to? How does your voice give away clues about your political views, your sexual allure and even your salary? Why is gossip the human version of a gorilla picking fleas from its mate? And how can you live to 100?

From the body to language, through emotions and possessions, to the five things that make all of us unique , New Scientist's witty essays sit alongside enlightening illustrations that range from how your brain creates the illusion of 'self' to the allure of body odor.

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Release: October 24, 2017

ISBN: 1473658705

ISBN 13: 9781473658707

How to Be Human: Consciousness, Language and 48 More Things that Make You You

4/5 ( ratings)

What is it that makes us human? Is it language, imagination, morality, or is it that we cook and wear shoes? Or perhaps we are less human than we think .

Once again, New Scientist have all of the fascinating and unexpected answers, and—just as they did for the universe in The Origin of Everything—in How to Be Human they take us on a tour around the human body and brain, taking in everything from evolution to email, from the Stone Age to Spotify.

How do languages change the way our brains are wired? What can evolutionary theory tell us about who we are attracted to? How does your voice give away clues about your political views, your sexual allure and even your salary? Why is gossip the human version of a gorilla picking fleas from its mate? And how can you live to 100?

From the body to language, through emotions and possessions, to the five things that make all of us unique , New Scientist's witty essays sit alongside enlightening illustrations that range from how your brain creates the illusion of 'self' to the allure of body odor.

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Release: October 24, 2017

ISBN: 1473658705

ISBN 13: 9781473658707

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