Parrot in the Mirror How evolving to be like birds made us human, The energy prices of a narrative

of a narrative

We just experienced a historic election--driven more by common political myths and less by its realities--that will impact our political and personal lives for years to come

EAN: 9781285194806

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Parrot in the Mirror How evolving to be like birds made us human, The energy prices of a narrativeHow similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These similarities originate not from shared ancestors but