Publisher's Synopsis
The scientific way of thinking dominates modern life. Yet our minds have evolved from primate ancestors. What changed our mental makeup so drastically that humans now dominate the biosphere while primates languish in zoos or are imperiled by the impact humans have on the environment?The answer lies, the author argues, in a mental 'trick' - recall allows us to organized the world to suit us, rather than have to wait for the slow process of evolution described by Darwin.This new insight reveals underlying consequences, reversing the long-held ideas of humans as a 'superior' species. Are we not, instead, an 'aberrant' species? The author argues that, if so, we are likely to endanger not just primates, but all ten million other species on Earth.
