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Forward by
Peter J. Richerson

Published by
The Collins Foundation Press
collinsfoundationpress@msn.com
a division of the
The Collins Family Foundation
www.collinsff.org

Cover Design by John Davidson
Rocket Design

Front Matter Original Art Work by
Cheryl Genet
 

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                  BOOK DESCRIPTION

Humanity: The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants is the science-based story of how, in a remote corner of an ordinary galaxy 13.7 billion years after the Big Bang, the descendants of a third line of chimpanzees evolved into millions of humans who organized themselves into ant-like societies. Originally rare hunters, we humans took up agricultural ways, aping the clever ants that became numerous by developing ingenious herding and gardening skills. Evolving our simple chimp tools into machines, we then tapped a bonanza of fossil fuel energy and blitzkrieged the planet. Now facing planetary limits, what is our fate? Reversing direction, will we return to a planetary Garden of Eden or, pedal to the metal, crash into oblivion? Will we transform the Earth into a sustainable global farm or, leaving our birth-planet behind, voyage to the stars with our machine partners to establish a galactic empire?

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PROLOGUE   In a nutshell 

I. WHAT CAME BEFORE HUMANITY? Setting the stage
   1. COSMOS  Stars and Planets for life
   2. LIFE  Nature’s road to complexity
   3. ANTS  Jewels of the genetic crown
   4. CHIMPANZEES  Masters of Machiavellian intrigue

 II. HOW DID WE COME TO BE? Culture evolution takes command
   5. HOMINIDS  The chimpanzees who were thrown to the lions
   6. CIVILIZATIONS The chimpanzees who became ants
   7. MACHINES  The geese who laid the golden eggs
   8. SCIENTISTS The curious cats who pried open
      Pandora's Box 

III. WHAT IS OUR FATE?  Four alternative finales
   9. CHIMPANZEE PARADISE  High-tech Garden of Eden
  10. BOOM & BUST  May the punishment fit the crime
  11. PLANETARY SUPERORGANISM  Together on the
     global farm
  12. STAR TREK  Our descendants inherit the galaxy

EPILOGUE   Futures most likely and desirable

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