Evolving Ourselves

Bol Partner

The spellbinding story of how we have overtaken nature to become the primary drivers of evolution on planet Earth Why are we living longer, getting smarter and having fewer children? Why are rates of autism, asthma, obesity and allergies exploding? Could we be witnessing the dawn of a new species of human? It’s been over 150 years since Charles Darwin presented the theory of how evolution is driven by natural selection. Today, futurist Juan Enriquez and scientist Steve Gullans ask themselves how Darwin would explain a world that would appear, to him, unrecognizable. Our remarkable new capabilities for altering our bodies, engineering other creatures and moulding our environment are taking us into an epoch of incredible opportunities. New advances in biotechnology are helping us to mitigate the cruel forces of natural selection. But for all the good they may bring, these harbingers of change are deeply unsettling – make the wrong choices now and we may set ourselves on the path to extinction. With the right choices however, we might become a more diverse, more resilient, gentler and more intelligent species. Brilliant, provocative and optimistic, Evolving Ourselves is a sweeping tour of the remarkable next phase of life on Earth.

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Pages: 384, Paperback, Oneworld Publications