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Humans

By: Robert J. Sawyer
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Robert J. Sawyer
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Summary

In this Hugo-nominated novel, Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit brings Canadian geneticist Mary Vaughan back to his world to explore the near-utopian civilization of the Neanderthals. Boddit serves as a Candide figure, the naive visitor whose ignorance about our society makes him a perfect tool to analyze human tendencies toward violence, over-population, and environmental degradation. The Neanderthals have developed a highly artistic, ethical, and scientific culture without ever inventing farming - they're still hunters and gatherers - and this allows the author to make some interesting and generally unrecognized points about the downside of the discovery of agriculture.

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©2003 by Robert J. Sawyer (P)2008 Audible, Inc.
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"Sawyer is a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation." ( The New York Times)

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science reality is wonderful

the readers performance kept me engaged and wanting more.
The content is as good as any Hugo award winner that I have read since the 1960s

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ok book 1 better

I did not find this quite so good as the first book in the trilogy but worth listening to and I liked it enogh to carry on with the third book.

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If you like the 1st book this is more of same

it's okay, similar to the first, so if you enjoyed that then definitely read this.

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