Pandora's Seed: Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the Key to Our Survival (Paperback)
$13.32 - Save $2.68 16% off - RRP $16.00 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Pandora's Seed Originally published in hardcover in 2010.
Full description- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Published: 13 September 2011
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Food & Society | Social Groups | Social & Cultural Anthropology | History Of Science | Human Geography | Applied Ecology | Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780812971910 ISBN 10: 0812971914
- Sales rank: 172,814
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Full description for Pandora's Seed
Ten thousand years ago, our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers. Although this decision propelled us into the modern world, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells demonstrates that such a dramatic change in lifestyle had a downside that we're only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources created hierarchies and inequalities. Freedom of movement was replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety millions feel today. Spencer Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill-suited. "Pandora's Seed" is an eye-opening book for anyone fascinated by the past and concerned about the future.
