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Becoming Human
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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We humans are a strange bunch. We have self-awareness and yet often act on impulses that remain hidden. How did we get here? What is to become of us? To these age-old questions, science has in recent years brought powerful tools and reams of data, and in this audiobook, Becoming Human, we look at what this data has to tell us about who we are.
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Very informative.
- By Omas on 12-06-22
- Becoming Human
- By: Scientific American
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
Very informative.
Reviewed: 12-06-22
I am very interested in the topic of human evolution, archaeology, and anthropology. This book is loaded with information that satisfies my hunger for these topics. The only downside to this book is having to hear the narrator pronounce the word "ancient" by saying "ank-shent". Quite annoying.
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The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
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A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state", political violence, and social inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.
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exactly what I've been looking for
- By DankTurtle on 11-10-21
- The Dawn of Everything
- A New History of Humanity
- By: David Graeber, David Wengrow
- Narrated by: Mark Williams
Good listen overall.
Reviewed: 11-30-22
Easy to follow for an average person such as me.
I consumed in over a 2 1/2 day period.
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True Hallucinations
- Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise
- By: Terence McKenna
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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This mesmerizing, surreal account of the bizarre adventures of Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis, and a small band of their friends, is a wild ride of exotic experience and scientific inquiry. Exploring the Amazon Basin in search of mythical shamanic hallucinogens, they encounter a host of unusual characters - including a mushroom, a flying saucer, pirate Mantids from outer space, an appearance by James and Nora Joyce in the guise of poultry, and translinguistic matter - and discover the missing link in the development of human consciousness and language.
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I didn't like the narrator.
- By Jean Paul on 03-20-19
- True Hallucinations
- Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise
- By: Terence McKenna
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
Intriguing.
Reviewed: 05-06-19
I had to listen twice just because it is so interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Food of the Gods
- The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
- By: Terence McKenna
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Terence McKenna hypothesizes that as the North African jungles receded, giving way to savannas and grasslands near the end of the most recent ice age, a branch of our arboreal primate ancestors left the forest canopy and began living in the open areas beyond. There they experimented with new varieties of foods as they adapted, physically and mentally, to the environment. Among the new foods found in this environment were psilocybin-containing mushrooms.
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Not a scientific book
- By Jason on 06-06-19
- Food of the Gods
- The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge : A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
- By: Terence McKenna
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Terence McKenna at his best!
Reviewed: 03-01-19
Great book! I love listening to his lectures online, and the only thing I would change, if I could, would be to have McKenna, himself, narrate this in his own peculiar, yet mesmerizing voice!
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