human beings

". . . [tells the] story of the brilliant team who discovered the "Ardi" skeleton, a human more than a million years older than the famous Lucy, and their twenty-year quest to redefine our understanding of human evolution"--Provided by publisher.

"In 'What We Owe the Future,' Oxford philosopher William MacAskill . . . [argues] that people not only have equal moral worth no matter where or how they live, but also no matter when they live. This idea has implications beyond the obvious (climate change)--including literally making sure that there are people in the future: It's not unusual to hear someone way, 'Oh, I could never bring a child into this world.' MacAskill argues that the sentiment itself may well be immoral: we have a responsibility not just to consider whether the world of the future will be suitable for supporting humans, but to act to make sure there are humans in it. And while it may seem that the destructive capacity of modern industrial technology means that we ought to eschew it as much as possible, MacAskill argues for optimism in our ability to (eventually) get technology right, for the future's benefit, and ours"--Provided by publisher.

"Half-alien half-human teenager Syd must choose between destroying humanity to protect the universe, or allowing humanity to live and risking its revenge on the aliens who have imprisoned it"--OCLC.

Evolution isn't just a thing of the past. It is happening right now, in every species across the world--and our influence on the future of the plants and animals around us is much bigger than we might think. A closer look at the science behind evolution shows how human behaviors like hunting, farming, and urban development have contributed to major physical changes in everything from rhinos to pigs to lizards. And these changes impact us in turn--triggering environmental shifts and contributing to climate change. The good news is there's hope: by learning to see how everything is connected, we can weigh the consequences of our choices and help shape a world that works for plants, animals, and humans alike.

"[Looks at the] inclination toward apocalyptic thinking . . . present throughout human history . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, [the author] argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history. From the fall of the Moche civilization in South America that came about because of the cyclical pressures of El Ni?o to volcanic eruptions in Iceland that affected Egypt and helped bring the Ottoman empire to its knees, climate change and its influences have always been with us"--Provided by publisher.

In a series of amusing comparisons, a boy shows how humans are much more like each other than we are like any other thing on Earth.

"In the second 'Sapiens' volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of urbanization is told as a travel brochure offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China"--OCLC.

"Half-alien half-human teenager Syd must choose between destroying humanity to protect the universe, or allowing humanity to live and risking its revenge on the aliens who have imprisoned it"--OCLC.

"Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity"--OCLC.