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In Beyond Biology, author Matthew Hallinan explores the forces of human evolution and what makes humans unique among the animals, suggesting our distinctive development as a species goes beyond biology and holds the keys to our survival.
Brief description: Matthew B. Hallinan received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. In Beyond Biology, he brings together his years of study and independent research to answer a question that has long fascinated him: How could humans have gone through the same kind of evolutionary process as every other animal and yet have come out so different? This question has been central to Hallinan's intellectual life. His passion for the subject is not driven simply by curiosity, but rather by a sense that time is growing short for us to come to terms with our place in the natural world.