The Origins of Creativity Audiobook (Free)

‘Creativity may be the exclusive and defining characteristic of our varieties; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,’ begins Edward O. Wilson’s sweeping examination of the humanities and its relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as varied as paleontology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human being creativity began not really 10,000 years back, as we’ve long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows the way the humanities, in large part spurred on with the invention of vocabulary, have played a previously unexamined function in defining our types. Exploring a astonishing range of innovative endeavors-the instinct to create gardens, the usage of metaphors and irony in speech, the power of music and track- Wilson proposes a transformational ‘Third Enlightenment’ in which the blending of science and humanities will enable a deeper knowledge of the human condition and how it eventually originated.