Human Evolution: Selections from Scientific American Magazine (Audio Cassette)

by Stephen Jay Gould (Author)

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Product Description
Distinguished experts present their influential theories on the species' evolutionary heritage, from the origin of life to the emergence of human intelligence. Featured essays: The Evolution of Life on Earth (Stephen Jay Gould); East Side Story: The Origin of Humankind (Yves Coppens); Out of Africa Again...and Again? (Ian Tattersall); Genes, Peoples and Languages (Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza); The Emergence of Intelligence (William H. Calvin).

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audio Scholar (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879557495
• ISBN-13: 978-1879557499
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #897,919 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN WE PLEASE GET THIS INTO EVERY CLASSROOM?, October 14, 2006

By	C. Scanlon "least helpful reviewer" (among us humans) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Into the White House?

In these days when proudly anti-scientific ignorance is growing more powerful, we need every child to learn from these tapes, PLEASE!

The wonder and glory and tragedy of human evolution is too important, and these tapes brilliantly lay out some engaging questions.

News to the wise, it did not all just happen one fine ten thousand years ago.

After this read Chomsky's studies of universal grammar and phonemes and their development. This present work is a gateway to so muchmore knowledge. Let us not close out kids out!

Great gift for any child, or grown-up!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Listen to this more-than-just-one-time and the ratings soar!, July 18, 2000

By	S. Kalman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are five authors represented in this audio tape.....Who could have thought it possible that, my favorite scientific author of all time, Stephen Jay Gould, wouldn't be the author of my favorite article among this collection? But in this particular audio I rate a Frenchman with an extraordinary sense of humor (Yves Coppens) and a linguistic/gene-pool orator (Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza) as writers-that-are-more-fascinating-than-even-Stephen Jay Gould. Yves Coppens happens to be a co-author of several other scientific tomes. He explains his theory about the separation of the apes and homonids in African geologic strata with the moniker, EAST SIDE STORY. More than just, "what a hoot!" this explanation makes all Americans proud, even though all of these events happen in Africa years and years ago! The intellectual stimulation of listening to the idea that language follows the speaker, particularly transient folks, may not captivate some--but when it follows lines that can be traced genetically with strong policical science connotations, that makes Cavalli-Sforza extraordinarily captivating reading/listening. I wonder if you can listen to this one just once?