Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human and Brought Our World to the Brink

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Richard Currier explores the profound relationship between human evolution and technological innovation in this sweeping narrative. He argues that eight specific breakthroughs, starting with basic stone tools and fire, fundamentally altered our biological makeup and social structures. By analyzing how clothing, shelter, and symbolic communication allowed our ancestors to transcend their animal li…

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