By Richard L Currier
The fabrication of guns, the mastery of fireplace, and the applied sciences of garments and shield greatly restructured the human physique, permitting us to stroll upright, shed our physique hair, and migrate out of tropical Africa. Symbolic verbal exchange remodeled human evolution from a gradual organic method right into a quickly cultural approach. the discovery of agriculture revolutionized the connection among humanity and the surroundings, and the applied sciences of interplay resulted in the beginning of civilization. Precision equipment spawned the commercial revolution and the increase of geographical regions; and within the subsequent metamorphosis, electronic applied sciences may possibly unite all of humanity for the good thing about destiny generations.
Synthesizing the findings of primatology, paleontology, archeology, historical past, and anthropology, Richard Currier reinterprets and retells the fashionable narrative of human evolution that started with the invention of Lucy and different Australopithecus fossils. however the comparable forces that allowed us to combine expertise into each point of our day-by-day lives have additionally introduced us to the threshold of planetary disaster. Unbound explains either how we came and the way human society has to be remodeled back to accomplish a sustainable future.
Technology: The planned amendment of any typical item or substance with forethought to accomplish a selected finish or to serve a particular purpose.”
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