John Parrington

John Parrington argues that social interaction and culture have deeply shaped the exceptional nature of human consciousness....

Since the birth of civilization, human beings have manipulated other life-forms. We have selectively bred plants and animals for thousands of years....

Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes....

In this audiobook, Oxford biologist John Parrington proposes a radical new theory of human consciousness, arguing that a qualitative leap in consciousness occurred during human evolution as language and tool use transformed our brains....