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Amalur

Amalur. The Atom in the Mind | Destino/Planeta, 2019

By the end of The Origin of Species Darwin wonders at the fact that any scientific theory of evolution is more amazing and exciting than the best of metaphors or myths related to the origin of the world. Ancient Greeks named our planet Gaia, and in the Basque country it is still referred to as Amalur, Mother Earth.

In this work, Ignacio Martínez and Juan Luis Arsuaga once again manage to successfully combine their narrative and scientific skills to guide us through the intricate maze of one of the greatest mysteries of mankind – that of the origin of life on earth and the evolutionary steps that lead to Homo Sapiens and human intelligence. On the way, many questions arise: Is there life beyond our planet? Is aggressiveness innate to human beings? Is there any purpose to evolution?

TRANSLATIONS

World English: Four Walls Eight Windows

Amalur

Amalur. The Atom in the Mind | Destino/Planeta, 2019

By the end of The Origin of Species Darwin wonders at the fact that any scientific theory of evolution is more amazing and exciting than the best of metaphors or myths related to the origin of the world. Ancient Greeks named our planet Gaia, and in the Basque country it is still referred to as Amalur, Mother Earth.

In this work, Ignacio Martínez and Juan Luis Arsuaga once again manage to successfully combine their narrative and scientific skills to guide us through the intricate maze of one of the greatest mysteries of mankind – that of the origin of life on earth and the evolutionary steps that lead to Homo Sapiens and human intelligence. On the way, many questions arise: Is there life beyond our planet? Is aggressiveness innate to human beings? Is there any purpose to evolution?

TRANSLATIONS

World English: Four Walls Eight Windows

La conciencia contada por un sapiens a un neandertal

Consciousness Told From A Sapiens To A Neanderthal | Alfaguara, 2024

Al otro lado de la niebla

On the Other Side of the Fog | Destino/Planeta, 2024; Suma/PRH, 2005

Nuestro cuerpo: siete millones de años de evolución

Our Body: Seven Million Years of Evolution | Destino/Planeta, 2023

La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal

Death Told By A Sapiens To A Neanderthal | Alfaguara/PRH, 2022

La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal

Life Told By A Sapiens To A Neanderthal | Alfaguara/PRH, 2020

Vida, la gran historia

Life, the Great Story | Destino/Planeta, 2019

El collar del neandertal

The Neanderthal’s Necklace | Destino, 2019 / Temas de Hoy, 1999

La especie elegida

The Chosen Species | Destino, 2019 / Temas de Hoy, 1997

El sello indeleble. Pasado, presente y futuro del ser humano

The Human Signature | Debate/Planeta, 2013

El primer viaje de nuestra vida

The First Journey of Our Life | Temas de Hoy/Planeta, 2012

Breve historia de la Tierra (con nosotros dentro)

A Brief History of Earth | Temas de hoy, 2010

El reloj de Mr. Darwin

Mr. Darwin's Clock | Temas de Hoy/Planeta, 2009

Mi primer libro de la Prehistoria. Cuando el mundo era niño

My First Prehistory Book. When the World Was Just a Child | Espasa, 2008

La saga humana

The Human Saga | Edaf, 2007

Al otro lado de la niebla

On the Other Side of the Fog | Suma/PRH, 2005

El mundo de Atapuerca

The World of Atapuerca | Plaza & Janés/PRH, 2004

Los aborígenes

The Aborigines. Feeding and Human Evolution | RBA, 2002

El enigma de la esfinge

The Sphinx Enigma | Plaza & Janés/PRH, 2001