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EVOLVED
Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind
by Maximilian Werner

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From which side of the bed you sleep on to where to play a backyard game of hide-and-go-seek, Maximilian Werner examines elements of everyday behavior through the eye-opening lens of evolutionary theory in this memoir-infused nonfiction. Werner applies an intriguingly fresh take to seldom-explored habits of humans and animals alike, guiding readers backward in time to the Pleistocene.

June 2013 | Nonfiction | 978-1-937226-17-6 | 217 pp | $15.95 

PRAISE FOR EVOLVED

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“Werner’s prose is compelling, his natural history is thoroughly engaging, and his line of curious inquiry is an admirable attempt to better understand humanity and its changing relationship with the external world.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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“Werner makes evolutionary theory accessible through case studies of both human and nonhuman subjects, teaching us how immersed all living creatures still are in the things that made the difference between life and death hundreds of generations ago.”
SALT LAKE CITY WEEKLY

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“This book provides an entry in to the great epic of evolution in a way that makes it both accessible and inspiring. This is no small accomplishment and we are all indebted to Maximilian Werner.”
—MARY EVELYN TUCKER,
co-author of Journey of the Universe

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"Werner's book, thought-provoking and emotionally satisfying, takes us on a journey, a journey that ultimately urges each one of us to get up, go outside and hunt around the edges of our homes for the mysteries that await."
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SYLVIA TORTI, author of The Scorpion's Tail

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"Join this sensitive and perceptive naturalist as he explores his yard and nearby caves and mountains, carefully observing the activities of myriad life forms, and then reflecting insightfully on the evolutionary story we share with them. Learn from him how to feel completely at home in the world."
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LOYAL RUE, author of Religion is Not about God

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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MAXIMILIAN WERNER is the author of the 2011 novel Crooked Creek, a Utah Book Award finalist.  Mr. Werner’s poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including Matter Journal: Edward Abbey Edition, Bright Lights Film Journal, The North American Review, ISLE, Weber Studies, Fly Rod and Reel, and Columbia. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and two children and teaches writing at the University of Utah.

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CROOKED CREEK

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