TEHRAN ( IBNA) -- Persian translation of the book ‘Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human ‎History’ (2019) by the English academic Lewis Dartnell has been published and ‎introduced to Iranian book market.‎
Here, a New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species. The book has been translated into Persian by Sahar Yusefi and Mani Parsa. No Publishing in Tehran has released ‎’Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History’‎ in 480 pages.
When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece. Atmospheric circulation patterns later on shaped the progression of global exploration, colonization, and trade. Even today, voting behavior in the south-east United States ultimately follows the underlying pattern of 75 million-year-old sediments from an ancient sea. Everywhere is the deep imprint of the planetary on the human.
From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, ‘Origins’ reveals the breathtaking impact of the earth beneath our feet on the shape of our human civilizations.
Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiology researcher and professor at the University of Westminster. He has won several awards for his science writing, and contributes to the Guardian, The Times and New Scientist.