{"product_id":"monkey-to-man-by-gowan-dawson-9780300270624","title":"Monkey to Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonkey to Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the iconic depiction of evolution, the \"march of progress,\" and its role in shaping our understanding of evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are all familiar with the \"march of progress,\" the representation of evolution that depicts a series of apelike creatures becoming progressively taller and more erect before finally reaching the upright human form. Its emphasis on linear progress has had a decisive impact on public understanding of evolution, yet the image contradicts modern scientific conceptions of evolution as complex and branching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first to examine the origins and history of this ubiquitous and hugely consequential illustration. In a story spanning more than a century, from Victorian Britain to America in the Space Age, Gowan Dawson traces the interconnected histories of the two most important versions of the image: the frontispiece to Thomas Henry Huxley’s \u003ci\u003eEvidence as to Man’s Place in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (1863) and \"The Road to Homo Sapiens,\" a fold-out illustration in the best-selling book \u003ci\u003eEarly Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1965).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDawson explores how the recurring appearances of this image functioned as a weather vane of shifting scientific and public perspectives on human evolution, as well as an indicator of novel artistic approaches and advancements in technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854686081260,"sku":"9780300270624","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/581bf3451d539398756acde2ce736009.jpg?v=1759266353","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/monkey-to-man-by-gowan-dawson-9780300270624","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}