{"product_id":"life-story-by-jonathan-loh-9781911717195","title":"Life Story","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe revelatory account of the great defining forces of human life - the nature that made us, the culture that shaped us and the future we now face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing quite like us on Earth. We are a species of animal, yet unlike any other; we innovate, explore, talk, plan, build vast societies, cooperate, wage war, construct and destruct our environment. Our story is not a simple biological thread, but an intertwined web of nature and culture that has shaped our past, defines our present and can help us navigate our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Story\u003c\/em\u003e is Jonathan Loh's groundbreaking dual narrative of the development of life on Earth through both biological and cultural evolution. Far from being a byproduct of nature, he reveals how human culture is a distinct form of life, its evolution through cooperation, language, and technology echoing the diversification of organic life from simple cells to multicellular, social animals - and how it gives us unique advantages and responsibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut evolution is not finite. In a future in which our machine-based creations could evolve into a life form of their own, Loh outlines an extraordinary scenario for the next evolutionary leap, based on a new understanding of our cultural and natural heritage and the power they give us to change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47648325566700,"sku":"9781911717195","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781911717195-life-story.jpg?v=1779256227","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/life-story-by-jonathan-loh-9781911717195","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}