The author dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns.

Seeks to explain why homo sapiens survived while other hominids did not, drawing on recent scientific discoveries and examining the survival value of such factors as premature births, long childhoods, and an extremely social nature. "Tells the intriguing tale of how against all odds and despite nature's brutal and capricious ways we stand here today, the only surviving humans, and the planet's most dominant species"--Page [4] of jacket.

Unites personal and planetary evolution in order to explain how each act of individual improvement is part of a new evolutionary scheme, discussing how to discover one's place in the evolution process and promote spiritual development.

We're all getting older every day, and scientific research has shown that starting in our twenties, some brain functions begin a linear decline. Even if we avoid diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, parts of the brain inevitably shrink, replicating cells become damaged, and fluid processing skills such as multitasking and episodic memory worsen. But is old age all doom and gloom? Are we destined for senescence once we?re barely out of adolescence? The...