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Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Contributors:

By (Author) Juan Jos Mills
By (author) Juan Luis Arsuaga

ISBN:

9781922585936

Publisher:

Scribe Publications

Imprint:

Scribe Publications

Publication Date:

27th February 2024

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Sociology: death and dying
Human biology
Popular science

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 136mm, Height 209mm, Spine 28mm

Weight:

334g

Description

A dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal. 'We would love to discover that each species has a biological clock in its cells, because, if that clock existed and if we were able to find it, perhaps we could stop it and thus become eternal,' Arsuaga tells Millas in this book, in which science is intertwined with literature. The paleontologist reveals essential aspects of our existence to the writer, and debates the advisability of transmitting his random vision of life to a dieting Millas, who discovers that old age is a country in which he still feels like a foreigner. After the extraordinary international reception of Life as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal, the most brilliant double act in Spanish literature once again dazzle the reader by addressing topics such as death and eternity, longevity, disease, ageing, natural selection, programmed death, and survival. Here you will find humour, biology, nature, life, a lot of life ... and two fascinating characters, the Sapiens and the Neanderthal, who surprise us on every page with their sharp reflections on how evolution has treated us as a species. And also as individuals. Praise for Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal - 'Absorbing, amusing, and enlightening; a charming exploration not only of evolution, but of human enquiry and wonder.' -Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred- Neanderthal life, love, death and art 'Written with humour and lightly-worn learning, this book makes the familiar strange and the strange uncannily familiar; a fascinating journey into our shared prehistory via the shops, galleries, restaurants, playgrounds, and parks of a twenty-first century city.' -Helen Gordon, author of Notes from Deep Time- a journey through our past and future world 'Millas is one of the writers with the most truth per square centimetre of a page.' -Antonio Iturbe, What to Read

Author Bio

Juan Jose Millas (Author) Juan Jose Millas is a bestselling and multiple-award-winning Spanish novelist and short-story writer, and an award-winning regular contributor to major Spanish newspapers. His narrative works have been translated into more than 20 languages, and include the novels From the Shadows and None Shall Sleep. Juan Luis Arsuaga (Author) Juan Luis Arsuaga is a professor of paleontology at the Complutense University of Madrid and the director of the Human Evolution and Behaviour Institute. He is a member of the American National Academy of Sciences and of the Musee de l'Homme of Paris, a visiting professor at University College London, and a co-director of excavations at the Sierra de Atapuerca World Heritage site. He is a regular contributor to Nature, Science, and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, is the editor of the Journal of Human Evolution, and is a regular lecturer at the universities of London, Cambridge, Berkeley, New York, Tel Aviv, and Zurich, among others. The recipient of many national and international awards, he is the author of more than a dozen works.

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