So you think you're human?: a brief history of humankind

Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe

So you think you're human?: a brief history of humankind - Oxford University Press 2004 - xi, 190 p., [16] p. of plates

Includes bibliographical references and index

What makes us human? Advances in science in, for example genetics and artificial intelligence, mean that humans no longer have exclusive access to reason, consciousness and imagination. The author shows how our concept of humanness has changed over time and is neither fixed nor scientifically verifiable.

9780192804174 0192804170

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Human beings
Philosophical anthropology

301 FER