Free Download The Knowledge Gene: The Incredible Story of the Supergene that Gives Us Human Creativity (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D9WF8C8V | 2024 | 11 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 267 MB
Author: Lynne Kelly
Narrator: Jessica Douglas-Henry
Over 500,000 years ago, a single gene mutated. It spread over time, becoming critical in the journey transforming our earliest ancestors into fully modern humans, capable of navigating the entire planet and beyond. Then just a few thousand years ago, humans gradually outsourced knowledge to writing, and we displaced art and music from the heart of learning. This is the extraordinary story of the discovery of a supergene that makes us uniquely human. Dr. Lynne Kelly recounts how a widespread congenital disorder was the critical clue she and her collaborators needed to identify the gene that has long eluded researchers into human cognition.
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