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The Age of Wood

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內容簡介 Guardian ( 衛報 ) 等英美媒體好評推薦！木器時代：關於木材的使用與人類文明的演進與發展做為地球優勢物種、靈長類後代，人類如何成為頂級捕食者且繁衍興盛，又如何發展文明並創造全球化經濟？生物學學者恩諾斯闡明，人類成功關鍵在於我們與木材的關係。本書從靈長類學、人類學、考古學及建築、木工匠藝等多種角度切入人類與木材的歷史，進一步發掘人類對木材的使用與巧思創意，潛移默化改變了人類的生理與心理狀態，甚至是和社會之間的關係。恩諾斯從史前時代的非洲大陸開始爬梳，木頭最初被當成人類的工具，動物築巢的材料，接著被人類發現建築上的價值，甚至引領人們走向工業化時代，而即便人類已透過科技與智慧將木材發揮到極致，始終還是要回歸到與樹木傳統的共生方式，才能永續利用。A groundbreaking examination of the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—including human evolution and the rise and fall of empires—in the bestselling tradition of Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and Mark Kurlansky’s Salt.As the dominant species on Earth, humans have made astonishing progress since our ancestors came down from the trees. But how did the descendants of small primates manage to walk upright, become top predators, and populate the world? How were humans able to develop civilizations and produce a globalized economy? Now, in The Age of Wood, Roland Ennos shows for the first time that the key to our success has been our relationship with wood.Brilliantly synthesizing recent research with existing knowledge in fields as wide-ranging as primatology, anthropology, archaeology, history, architecture, engineering, and carpentry, Ennos reinterprets human history and shows how our ability to exploit wood’s unique properties has profoundly shaped our bodies and minds, societies, and lives. He takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year journey from Southeast Asia and West Africa where great apes swing among the trees, build nests, and fashion tools; to East Africa where hunter gatherers collected their food; to the structural design of wooden temples in China and Japan; and to Northern England, where archaeologists trace how coal enabled humans to build an industrial world. Addressing the effects of industrialization—including the use of fossil fuels and other energy-intensive materials to replace timber—The Age of Wood not only shows the essential role that trees play in the history and evolution of human existence, but also argues that for the benefit of our planet we must return to more traditional ways of growing, using, and understanding trees.A winning blend of history and science, this is a fascinating and authoritative work for anyone interested in nature, the environment, and the making of the world as we know it."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Roland Ennos is a visiting professor of biological sciences at the University of Hull. He is the author of successful textbooks on plants, biomechanics, and statistics, and his popular book Trees, published by the Natural History Museum, is now in its second edition. He lives in England.

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