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If you read one book on human origins, this should be it'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIan Morris, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy the West Rules - For Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteve Brusatte, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHomo floresiensis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHomo luzonesis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the Denisovans. At the forefront of the latter's ground-breaking discovery was Oxford Professor Tom Higham. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe World Before Us,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he explains the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that allowed each of these discoveries to be made, enabling us to be more accurate in our predictions about not just how long ago these other humans lived, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e they lived, interacted and live on in our genes today. This is the story of us, told for the first time with its full cast of characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The application of new genetic science to pre-history is analogous to how the telescope transformed astronomy. Tom Higham brings us to the frontier of recent discoveries with a book that is both gripping and fun'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Collier, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bottom Billion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This exciting book shows that we now have a revolutionary new tool for reconstructing the human past: DNA from minute pieces of tooth and bone, and even from the dirt on the floor of caves'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Abulafia, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boundless Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The remarkable new science of palaeoanthropology, from lab bench to trench'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRebecca Wragg Sykes, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKindred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Higham's thrilling account makes readers feel as if they were participating themselves in the extraordinary series of events that in the last few years has revealed our long-lost cousins'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Reich, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho We Are and How We Got Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A brilliant distillation of the ideas and discoveries revolutionising our understanding of human evolution'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris Gosden, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe History of Magic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"A R Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51843861840173,"sku":"9780241440681","price":3995.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/1896\/7085\/files\/9780241440681.jpg?v=1772012504","url":"https:\/\/pakmanifesto.com\/products\/the-world-before-us-how-science-is-revealing-a-new-story-of-our-human-origins","provider":"Pak Manifesto Enterprises","version":"1.0","type":"link"}