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One of the fundamental questions of our existence is why we are so smart There are lots of drawbacks to having a large brain including the huge food intake needed to keep the organ running the frequency with which it goes wrong and our very high infant and mother mortality rates compared with other mammals due to the difficulty of giving birth to offspring with very large heads So why did evolution favour the brainy ape This question has been widely debated among biological anthropologists and in recent years Maslin and his colleagues have pioneered a new theory that might just be the answer Looking back to a crucial period some 19 million years ago when brain capacity increased by as much as 80 The Cradle of Humanity explores the implications of two adaptive responses by our hominin ancestors to rapid climatic changes big jaws and big brains Maslin argues that the impact of changing landscapes and fluctuating climates that led to the appearance of intermittent freshwater lakes in East Africa may have played a key role in human evolution Alongside the physical evidence of fossils and tools he considers social theories of why a large complex brain would have provided a major advantage when trying to survive in the constantly changing East African landscape
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A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness community and potentialThe Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology comparative religion aesthetics and philosophy These were neither idle nor idyllic years the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in historywith new machines of death Auschwitz and Hiroshima Batailles reflections on the possible origins of humanity coincide with the intensified threat of its possible extinction For Bataille prehistory is universal history it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation into nations and races The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousnessof consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna or from the energetic forces of the universe A play of identities the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality Prehistory is the cradle of humanity the birth of tragedy Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal Batailles work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community The Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture speaks to philosophers and historians of thought to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of mans encounter with the sacred and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art
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A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness community and potentialThe Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology comparative religion aesthetics and philosophy These were neither idle nor idyllic years the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in historywith new machines of death Auschwitz and Hiroshima Batailles reflections on the possible origins of humanity coincide with the intensified threat of its possible extinction For Bataille prehistory is universal history it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation into nations and races The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousnessof consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna or from the energetic forces of the universe A play of identities the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality Prehistory is the cradle of humanity the birth of tragedy Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal Batailles work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community The Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture speaks to philosophers and historians of thought to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of mans encounter with the sacred and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art
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A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness community and potentialThe Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology comparative religion aesthetics and philosophy These were neither idle nor idyllic years the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in historywith new machines of death Auschwitz and Hiroshima Batailles reflections on the possible origins of humanity coincide with the intensified threat of its possible extinction For Bataille prehistory is universal history it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation into nations and races The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousnessof consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna or from the energetic forces of the universe A play of identities the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality Prehistory is the cradle of humanity the birth of tragedy Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal Batailles work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community The Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture speaks to philosophers and historians of thought to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of mans encounter with the sacred and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art
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A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness community and potentialThe Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology comparative religion aesthetics and philosophy These were neither idle nor idyllic years the discovery of Lascaux in 1940 coincides with the bloodiest war in historywith new machines of death Auschwitz and Hiroshima Batailles reflections on the possible origins of humanity coincide with the intensified threat of its possible extinction For Bataille prehistory is universal history it is the history of a human community prior to its fall into separation into nations and races The art of prehistory offers the earliest traces of nascent yet fully human consciousnessof consciousness not yet fully separated from natural flora and fauna or from the energetic forces of the universe A play of identities the art of prehistory is the art of a consciousness struggling against itself of a human spirit struggling against brute animal physicality Prehistory is the cradle of humanity the birth of tragedy Bataille reaches beyond disciplinary specializations to imagine a moment when thought was universal Batailles work provides a model for interdisciplinary inquiry in our own day a universal imagination and thought for our own potential community The Cradle of Humanity Prehistoric Art and Culture speaks to philosophers and historians of thought to anthropologists interested in the history of their discipline and in new methodologies to theologians and religious comparatists interested in the origins and nature of mans encounter with the sacred and to art historians and aestheticians grappling with the place of prehistory in the canons of art
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Earth is the cradle of humanity but one cannot live in the cradle forever said Russian rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovksy in 1899 his words introduce this lavish and exhilarating vision of the time when man will not merely explore space but actually live there In text photographs and nearly 100 dazzling paintings Out of the Cradle offers a startling vision of our future in space from the authors of the HugoAward nominee The Grand Tour The fullcolor paintings depict the human adventure in the cosmos with habitats and colonies offering the comforts of home way stations and solar collectors turning vastness into territory and robot astronauts that allow the journey into the unknown go deeper and deeper With special attention to Mars the Moon and satellites Ganymede Callisto and Enceladus Out of the Cradle also features a wealth of supplementary photos charts and diagrams
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Devotions Wisdom from the Cradle of Civilization is the sixth installment in Danielle and Olivier Föllmis project Offerings for Humanity which spans the worlds cultures and traditions In this new volume the authors have traveled the Middle East and captured images from Morocco Algeria Egypt Yemen United Arab Emirates Jordan Israel Lebanon Syria Iran Afghanistan and many other places As in the other books each photograph is accompanied by a quote for each day of the year nbspDevotions presents not only religious quotes taken from the Koran the Hebraic tradition and Eastern Christianity but also from noted authors such as the Sufi poet and jurist Rumi the Persian writer and mathematician Omar Khayyám and the LebaneseAmerican artist Khalil Gibran A daily dose of wisdom coupled with breathtaking photography Devotions allows readers to move a little closer to the heart of the wisdom found in the Cradle of Civilization
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Reborn after near nuclear eradication humanity struggles in a world defined by a secret history of conspiracy rivalry and inhuman domination As an ancient powerful race attempts to retake planet Earth a courageous and sophisticated band of freedom fighters the Cerberus rebels leads the resistance in a daring battle to free humanity from the grips of an alien power struggleIn the Middle Easts legendary Fertile Crescent millenniaold artifacts are unearthed Shockingly they appear to belong to one of Cerberuss own As events converge to play out a destiny forged in crossdimensional currents Grant is plunged back through the shimmering vortex of time Part phantasm part warrior known as Enkidu the man bull he is hunted by humanitys oldest enemy Kane Brigid and Domi lead a rescue party across a parallax to destroy the legendary god beast Humbababefore Grant is lost forever
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THIS EDITION INCLUDES X4 Foundations X4 Split Vendetta X4 Cradle of Humanity X4 Tides of Avarice X4 Kingdom End ABOUT THE GAME X4 is a living breathing space sandbox running entirely on your PC Thousands of ships and stations trade mine and produce all realistically simulated In this universe you can grow from being the lone pilot of a fighter ship to managing a vast empire commanding your fleets and designing colossal space stations Transition seamlessly from firstperson action boarding ships and visiting their bridges to an expansive strategy and management simulation Choose your own path at your own pace The decisions are yours Trade Fight Build Think In X4 you can start your journey from a number of different gamestarts and as a number of different characters each with their own role set of relationships and different ships and technologies to start with No matter how you start you are always free to develop in any other direction Focus on explorati
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THIS EDITION INCLUDES X4 Foundations X4 Split Vendetta X4 Cradle of Humanity X4 Tides of Avarice X4 Kingdom End X4 Community of Planets Collectors Edition Bonus Content X4 Foundations Soundtrack X4 Split Vendetta Soundtrack X4 Cradle of Humanity Soundtrack X4 Tides of Avarice Soundtrack X4 Kingdom End Soundtrack ABOUT THE GAME X4 is a living breathing space sandbox running entirely on your PC Thousands of ships and stations trade mine and produce all realistically simulated In this universe you can grow from being the lone pilot of a fighter ship to managing a vast empire commanding your fleets and designing colossal space stations Transition seamlessly from firstperson action boarding ships and visiting their bridges to an expansive strategy and management simulation Choose your own path at your own pace The decisions are yours Trade Fight Build Think In X4 you can start your journey from a number of different gamestarts and as a number of different
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Inspired by the common task and the people of Pamir in Tajikistan filmmaker and sound artist Carlos Casas deconstructs faraway sights and sounds to create a unique field recording experiment that equally worships past present and future traditions Nikolai Fedorov thought the Pamir to be the cradle of humanity the hidden and forgotten nest a pyramid of skulls that held the secrets of past human kinship He believed that most of Asian myths of human origin pointed the Pamir region as their
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The book opens with a review of Ethiopian prehistory showing how the Ethiopian section of the African Rift Valley has come to be seen as the cradle of humanity
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The Denver African Expedition of 1925 sought the cradle of Humanity The explorers returned claiming to have found the Missing Link in the Heikum bushmen of the Kalahariand they proceeded to market this image As Robert J Gordon shows in Picturing Bushmen the impact of the expedition lay not simply in its slick merchandising of bushmen images but also in the fact that the pictures were exotic and aesthetically pleasing Like all significant events the expedition and its images had unanticipated consequences The Denver Expedition played a key role in romanticizing bushmen Indeed its image of bushmen has permeated Western mass culture Before the expedition bushmen commonly had been presented as impoverished savages In its wake the bushmen of South Africa have inspired commercial advertisements art exhibitions and novels Bushmen are frequently the archetypal other to Western intellectual and popular thought Explaining the impact of the expedition involves in part considering the culture of visualization that gave the expedition direction and in turn was influenced by it Although Rob Gordon is an anthropologist this study ranges into questions of film theory history and popular culture It offers a perspective on coffeetable books ethnology and the nature of research on those labeled others While suggesting how ethnographic photographs might be appreciated Picturing Bushmen is also a subtle analysis of the perennial issues that haunt field workersespecially what and how they see and how their perception is influenced by the mundane in their own societies
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The book opens with a review of Ethiopian prehistory showing how the Ethiopian section of the African Rift Valley has come to be seen as the cradle of humanity
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The Denver African Expedition of 1925 sought the cradle of Humanity The explorers returned claiming to have found the Missing Link in the Heikum bushmen of the Kalahariand they proceeded to market this image As Robert J Gordon shows in Picturing Bushmen the impact of the expedition lay not simply in its slick merchandising of bushmen images but also in the fact that the pictures were exotic and aesthetically pleasing Like all significant events the expedition and its images had unanticipated consequences The Denver Expedition played a key role in romanticizing bushmen Indeed its image of bushmen has permeated Western mass culture Before the expedition bushmen commonly had been presented as impoverished savages In its wake the bushmen of South Africa have inspired commercial advertisements art exhibitions and novels Bushmen are frequently the archetypal other to Western intellectual and popular thought Explaining the impact of the expedition involves in part considering the culture of visualization that gave the expedition direction and in turn was influenced by it Although Rob Gordon is an anthropologist this study ranges into questions of film theory history and popular culture It offers a perspective on coffeetable books ethnology and the nature of research on those labeled others While suggesting how ethnographic photographs might be appreciated Picturing Bushmen is also a subtle analysis of the perennial issues that haunt field workersespecially what and how they see and how their perception is influenced by the mundane in their own societies
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The Earth is the cradle of humanity but who wants to spend his life in a cradleKonstantin TsiolkovskyThe Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was created by the Soviets in the 1950s It was from Baikonur in 1988 that the first Soviet spaceplane Buran was launched in response to the United States Space ShuttleThe Buran programme would officially end in 1993 during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin with only one Buran launch ever taking place in 1988 Thereafter parts of the Baikonur Cosmodrome fell into disuse notably the sites connected with the launch of these Soviet craft The two shuttles that were completed remain abandoned there laid to rest in this atmospheric place This is the first time that photographs of these spectacular locations have been published in a bookJonk travelled 20km through the Kazakh desert under cover of night entered the hangars clandestinely and spent three nights there under the radar of military security to produce a truly incredible photographic reportage of what is considered today the worlds most important urban exploration site
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The second volume of book 8 in the Global best selling The Horus Heresy Siege of Terra seriesTerra is besieged Humanitys salvation lies on a knife edge The Warmaster Horus bloody sevenyear crusade has led to this the cradle of mankind where he is to kill his father the EmperorWith the war at this critical juncture Sanguinius primarch of the loyalist Blood Angels braves the horrors of the Warmasters flagship The Vengeful Spirit with a single purpose in mind to slay his brother Horus decapitate the Heresy once and for all and stop the forces of Chaos from taking Holy TerraBut at the whim of a Warmaster fallen so far from grace the Dark Gods will not make Sanguinius task an easy one and as the war edges towards its explosive bloody conclusion events are about to unfold that could either save humanity or plunge it headlong into an eternity of darkness
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The name of Zephram Cochrane is revered throughout the known galaxy As the man responsible for the breakthrough that lifted humanity from its planetary cradle Cochrane made possible the starship that would one day lead to the formation of Starfleet and the FederationBut Cochrane was born into a world ravaged by war a world in which his miraculous discovery represented hope to some and a weapon to others His struggle to preserve warp technology as an instrument of peace leads to relentless pursuit that spans centuriesand propels the captains and crews of two Starship Enterprise toward a rendezvous with destiny across the mists of timeFEDERATIONA Classic Novel Celebrating The Fortieth Anniversary ofSTAR TREK
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What if the very country that claims the Cradle of Humanity is also the next Mecca for adventure In March of 2007 four women traveled to northern Ethiopia to climb virgin sandstone towers in the Horn of Africa They explored rock monoliths in a region that is best known for the drought and famine of the 1980 s and was the site of one of the bloodiest massacres of the Derg Vertical Ethiopia is the narrative of their journey Told through a series of vignettes that reveal what it means to climb to travel and to explore Vertical Ethiopia looks closely at the intersections between adventure and culture history and opportunity and sky and sandstone
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