Title
The Age Of Wood: Our Most Useful Material And The Construction Of Civilization
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A Groundbreaking Examination Of The Role That Wood And Trees Have Played In Our Global Ecosystemincluding Human Evolution And The Rise And Fall Of Empiresin The Bestselling Tradition Of Yuval Hararis Sapiens And Mark Kurlanskys Salt.As The Dominant Species On Earth, Humans Have Made Astonishing Progress Since Our Ancestors Came Down From The Trees. But How Did The Descendants Of Small Primates Manage To Walk Upright, Become Top Predators, And Populate The World? How Were Humans Able To Develop Civilizations And Produce A Globalized Economy? Now, In The Age Of Wood, Roland Ennos Shows For The First Time That The Key To Our Success Has Been Our Relationship With Wood.Brilliantly Synthesizing Recent Research With Existing Knowledge In Fields As Wideranging As Primatology, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Architecture, Engineering, And Carpentry, Ennos Reinterprets Human History And Shows How Our Ability To Exploit Woods Unique Properties Has Profoundly Shaped Our Bodies And Minds, Societies, And Lives. He Takes Us On A Sweeping Tenmillionyear Journey From Southeast Asia And West Africa Where Great Apes Swing Among The Trees, Build Nests, And Fashion Tools; To East Africa Where Hunter Gatherers Collected Their Food; To The Structural Design Of Wooden Temples In China And Japan; And To Northern England, Where Archaeologists Trace How Coal Enabled Humans To Build An Industrial World. Addressing The Effects Of Industrializationincluding The Use Of Fossil Fuels And Other Energyintensive Materials To Replace Timberthe Age Of Wood Not Only Shows The Essential Role That Trees Play In The History And Evolution Of Human Existence, But Also Argues That For The Benefit Of Our Planet We Must Return To More Traditional Ways Of Growing, Using, And Understanding Trees.A Winning Blend Of History And Science, This Is A Fascinating And Authoritative Work For Anyone Interested In Nature, The Environment, And The Making Of The World As We Know It.
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