1st Edition

Homo Sapiens From Man to Demigod

By Bernhard Rensch Copyright 1972
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1972, Homo Sapiens examines how humans emerged from among the millions of other species and achieved our unique position within the animal kingdom. The book examines what direction future evolution will take and what may be regarded as the ‘meaning’ of human existence. It stipulates that these are the questions for which no real basis of discussion existed before the 20... Read more

Preface

1. The Problem of Man

2. Man’s Physical Evolution

3. Man’s Mental Evolution

4. Biological Aspects of Man’s Cultural

5. The Biological Uniqueness of Man

6. The Future of Mankind

7. Sub Specie Aeternitatis

References and Bibliography

Short Glossary of Technical Terms

Index

Biography

Bernhard Rensch