Becoming a Planetary Presence
Description
Cynthia Brown, Professor Emerita, Dominican University of California, describes the “big history” approach to understanding the role of the human in relation to the historical unfolding of the cosmos and Earth. She highlights key threshold moments of evolutionary change.
Runtime
23 min 43 sec
Series
Subjects
- Civilization, Ancient (344)
- History (139)
- World history (1846)
- Philosophy (274)
- Evolution (38)
- Physical anthropology (61)
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