{"product_id":"life-story-from-cells-to-civilisations-and-beyond","title":"Life Story: From Cells to Civilisations and Beyond","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Profound and timely' Tony Juniper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tour de force' Lorna Gibb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA panoramic history of life, revealing the forces that have shaped our world – and could shape it again\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife evolved in two phases. First as organic life – from single cells to the astonishing diversity of the natural world. Then as human culture – from hunter-gatherers to cities, empires and civilisations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping and original work, Jonathan Loh reveals a radical idea: culture as a form of life. Unfolding across deep time – from the earliest organisms to the rise of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, from foragers to farmers, from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution – \u003ci\u003eLife Story \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the hidden patterns linking genetics and language, organisms and states, ecosystems and economies, mass extinctions and civilisational collapse. One species has come to dominate the Earth. Yet as machine intelligence gathers pace, Loh asks whether human supremacy is only a phase in life’s longer story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat can we learn from our past?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd what might this mean for our future?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9781911717195 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Loh, Jonathan \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing  \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : August 27, 2026 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Fern Press \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003eDIMENSION : 234 mm x 153 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 660 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/History-Archaeology\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Archaeology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Mathematics-Science\"\u003eMathematics \u0026amp; Science\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Society-Social-Sciences\"\u003eSociety \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Loh, Jonathan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50144570016021,"sku":"9781911717195","price":252.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/7087\/3174\/files\/9781911717195.jpg?v=1788361888","url":"https:\/\/bookazine.com.hk\/products\/life-story-from-cells-to-civilisations-and-beyond","provider":"Bookazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}