'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its
manifestations' Ian McEwan 'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey Sachs
The legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most
philosophically probing work to date 'Creativity is the unique and
defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal,
self-understanding,' begins Edward Wilson's sweeping examination of
the humanities and their relationship to the sciences. By studying
fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology and
neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not
10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years
ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity
from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large
part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a
previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a
surprising range of creative endeavors - the instinct to create
gardens; the use of metaphors and irony in speech; or the power of
music and song - Wilson proposes a transformational 'Third
Enlightenment' in which the blending of science and the humanities
will enable us to gain a deeper understanding of the human
condition, and how it ultimately originated.
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