![]() ![]() ‘The Meaning of Human Existence’ by Edward O. ![]() He might be content with having made pioneering contributions in the study of entomology, biodiversity, sociobiology, island biogeography and environmental psychology, along with having popularized the term “biophilia” to describe our fascination with the living world. At age 85, author of more than 20 books, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, recipient of numerous major awards for science and public service, he could easily rest on his laurels. In our own day, no biologist has been more persistent or eloquent in correcting our misapprehensions about human origins than Edward O. For a century and a half, ever since Darwin published his distressing theory, biologists have been insisting that all those creation stories, however comforting and flattering, are false. ![]() Where did we come from, with our two-legged stance, horizon-scanning eyes and teeming brain? Human cultures have answered this question by telling stories - about gardens and gods, about sacred places and shaping spirits. ![]()
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