{"product_id":"masters-of-the-planet-1","title":"Masters of the Planet","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMasters of the Planet\u003c\/h1\u003eIan Tattersall,Ian Tattersall\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Griffin\u003cbr\u003eMay 28 2013\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781137278302\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1137278307\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eFifty thousand years ago--merely a blip in evolutionary time--our \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e to become masters of the planet? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIan Tattersall, curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us deep into the fossil record to uncover what made humans so special. Surveying a vast field from initial bipedality to language and intelligence, Tattersall argues that \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e acquired a winning combination of traits that was not the result of long-term evolutionary refinement. Instead, the final result emerged quickly, shocking our world and changing it forever.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67393046773805,"sku":"WHS-b19cfbd20c65433c8855bc591027b25d","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_13bd1913-a6d4-4a99-82e7-f87abb8081c1.jpg?v=1787370823","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/masters-of-the-planet-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}