by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780345384720
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«Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors» is the popular science essay by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, published by Ballantine Books in paperback, in English.
A journey through human evolutionary history: from the origin of the Earth to current behaviors, it shows how self-awareness, technology, family bonds, reason and ethics have deep roots and reveal our kinship with other animals. It covers the origin of sex, altruism, violence and domination.
Nonfiction work published in 1993, with subtitle 'a search for who we are', bibliography and index.
For readers interested in popular science, human evolution and the work of Carl Sagan.
Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager programs. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and several popular science books, starting with The Cosmic Connection. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Dragons of Eden.
