A new look at the development of human civilization.Continuing the line outlined by the classics of popular science literature Jared Diamond and Yuval Harari, Mark Burtness, emeritus professor of biology at Brown University, considers the history of civilization as an extension of natural history. So, evolution is not only a Darwinian struggle for existence within the framework of natural selection, but also mutually beneficial interspecies cooperation, and it is this that underlies all processes on Earth, from the birth of life to the formation of culture. This means that human civilization is not an accident or the embodiment of a brilliant idea, but an evolutionary destiny.• Why have processes that promote biological diversity played a decisive role in disentangling humans from the food chain? • Why is social hierarchy and economic inequality the price every civilization pays?• How did Homo sapiens become a species capable of myth-making?• Are opioids the source of human spirituality?• Are opioids a source of human spirituality? p>• What is the tragedy of the public domain and how does it threaten civilization?Copyright© Mark Bertness, 2020© Translation Dmitry Rumyantsev, 2020 © ℗ AST Publishing House LLC, Audiobook, 2020

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