The tale of our origins is told through thresholds – key transition points when more complex things appeared. why human’s dominance of Earth is now threatening its, and our, stability.why walking on two legs made humans more sociable and.

how stars are born and why their deaths helped enable our existence today.In this summary of Origin Story by David Christian, you’ll learn How life-forms harnessed the energy of the sun to make great leaps forward, and how millions of years later humans harnessed energy from farming and fossil fuels to leap forward again. How the right conditions came together to enable the formation of life. How, from nothing, our universe, stars and planets emerged. This book summary tell the grandest story possible.

But the reality is that current scientific knowledge means humans have never been better placed to explain our origins and development. Globalization and our intensely dynamic modern knowledge economy have eroded faith in traditional origin stories. People from different ages, races and religions have told stories to explain, with grandeur and awe, the origins and existence of humans, animals, Earth, the stars and the universe. Throughout history, humans have tried to make sense of our world and our place in it.

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