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Wonderful Life
- The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
- By: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It holds the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail....
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I listened to the first hour
- By William West on 01-17-24
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41. Wonderful Life
- The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 04-11-23
- Language: English
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Origin
- A Genetic History of the Americas
- By: Jennifer Raff
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau, Jennifer Raff - Interview, Yvonne Russo - Interview
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story - and fascinating mystery - of how humans migrated to the Americas....
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A Superb Account Of The Science Of Indigenous American Anthropology
- By Linda S. on 02-21-22
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42. Origin
- A Genetic History of the Americas
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau, Jennifer Raff - Interview, Yvonne Russo - Interview
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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Some Assembly Required
- Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
- By: Neil Shubin
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national bestseller, Your Inner Fish, this extraordinary journey of discovery spans centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins....
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Interesting but thin. ANNOYING narration
- By MSB on 04-10-20
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43. Some Assembly Required
- Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-17-20
- Language: English
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Life Ascending
- The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
- By: Nick Lane
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution's history by describing its 10 greatest inventions....
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Great and informative but with prior knowledge
- By Joshua on 07-06-10
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44. Life Ascending
- The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-25-10
- Language: English
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The Tangled Tree
- A Radical New History of Life
- By: David Quammen
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life’s history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature....
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Very Enjoyable and Readable
- By Dennis on 08-18-18
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45. The Tangled Tree
- A Radical New History of Life
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 08-14-18
- Language: English
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Origins
- How Earth's History Shaped Human History
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming....
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GREAT Book with a Narrator Who's Falling Asleep
- By aaron on 08-02-20
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46. Origins
- How Earth's History Shaped Human History
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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Freedom Evolves
- By: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world?...
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I knew I was going to like this book
- By Gary on 05-30-14
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47. Freedom Evolves
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-08-13
- Language: English
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Mother Nature
- Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
- By: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
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Maternal instinct - the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children - has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature....
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Perspective changer
- By Ariel Nishri on 06-16-19
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48. Mother Nature
- Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-27-14
- Language: English
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The Believing Brain
- From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
- By: Michael Shermer
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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The world’s best known skeptic and critical thinker presents his comprehensive theory on how beliefs are born, formed, nourished, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished....
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A reader's digest version of many other good books
- By K. S. on 06-29-11
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49. The Believing Brain
- From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
- Narrated by: Michael Shermer
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 05-24-11
- Language: English
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The Red Queen
- Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
- By: Matt Ridley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators....
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If I were ten Years Old...
- By Ken on 02-07-11
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50. The Red Queen
- Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 01-18-11
- Language: English
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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
- 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
- By: Henry Gee
- Narrated by: Henry Gee
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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In the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Simon Winchester—An entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story....
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incredibly annoying
- By A reader on 12-22-21
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51. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
- 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
- Narrated by: Henry Gee
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 11-09-21
- Language: English
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
- By: Carl Zimmer
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
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Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation....
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Changed this strict genetic determinist's mind
- By Anonymous User on 06-11-18
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52. She Has Her Mother's Laugh
- The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 20 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 05-29-18
- Language: English
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The Ends of the World
- Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
- By: Peter Brannen
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Our world has ended five times: It has been broiled, frozen, poison gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids....
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A Kid's Science Book FOR ADULTS!!
- By aaron on 06-15-17
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53. The Ends of the World
- Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-13-17
- Language: English
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Icons of Evolution
- Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
- By: Jonathan Wells
- Narrated by: Barry Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Everything you were taught about evolution is wrong....
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This book isn't about creationism
- By Joseph on 07-17-12
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54. Icons of Evolution
- Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong
- Narrated by: Barry Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 03-13-12
- Language: English
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Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
- By: Aron Ra
- Narrated by: Aron Ra
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
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Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution....
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A fantastic listen!
- By Ms. Gray on 11-06-16
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55. Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
- Narrated by: Aron Ra
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 10-05-16
- Language: English
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Cave of Bones
- By: Lee Berger, John Hawks
- Narrated by: Lee Berger
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens....
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Engaging and interesting but may trigger claustrophobia
- By M on 09-03-23
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56. Cave of Bones
- Narrated by: Lee Berger
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-08-23
- Language: English
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The Demon in the Machine
- How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
- By: Paul Davies
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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What is life? In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name....
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Thought Provoking
- By Amazon Customer on 08-26-24
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57. The Demon in the Machine
- How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Darwin Devolves
- The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
- By: Michael J. Behe
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator....
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No Nobel Prize Here!
- By Marian on 04-22-19
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58. Darwin Devolves
- The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
- An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
- By: Riley Black
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It’s a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away....
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One of the best
- By Amazon Customer on 05-02-22
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59. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
- An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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Armas, gérmenes y acero [Guns, Germs and Steel]
- Breve historia de la humanidad en los últimos trece mil años
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: John Alex Toro
- Length: 23 hrs and 36 mins
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Armas, gérmenes y acero, Premio Pulitzer 1997, cuestiona la prepotente visión occidental del progreso humano y nos ayuda a comprender cómo el mundo moderno y sus desigualdades han llegado a ser como son....
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Explicación global de la historia de la humanidad
- By Sergio on 08-31-24
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60. Armas, gérmenes y acero [Guns, Germs and Steel]
- Breve historia de la humanidad en los últimos trece mil años
- Narrated by: John Alex Toro
- Length: 23 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-14-21
- Language: Spanish
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