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  • Life Story: From Cells to Civilisations and Beyond

    Life Story by Loh, Jonathan;

    From Cells to Civilisations and Beyond

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      • Publisher's listprice GBP 17.99
      • The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.

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      • Discounted price 6 497 Ft (6 188 Ft + 5% VAT)
      • Discount is valid until: 31 August 2026

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Vintage Publishing
    • Date of Publication 27 August 2026

    • ISBN 9781911717195
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages544 pages
    • Size 234x153x40 mm
    • Weight 700 g
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Long description:

    'Profound and timely' Tony Juniper
    'A tour de force' Lorna Gibb

    A panoramic history of life, revealing the forces that have shaped our world – and could shape it again


    Life evolved in two phases. First as organic life – from single cells to the astonishing diversity of the natural world. Then as human culture – from hunter-gatherers to cities, empires and civilisations.

    In this sweeping and original work, Jonathan Loh reveals a radical idea: culture as a form of life. Unfolding across deep time – from the earliest organisms to the rise of Homo sapiens, from foragers to farmers, from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution – Life Story uncovers the hidden patterns linking genetics and language, organisms and states, ecosystems and economies, mass extinctions and civilisational collapse. One species has come to dominate the Earth. Yet as machine intelligence gathers pace, Loh asks whether human supremacy is only a phase in lifeâ€TMs longer story.

    What can we learn from our past?
    And what might this mean for our future?

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