Josef H. Reichholf

Humans are something special. With eight billion individuals spread across the globe, we are more successful than any other comparable species. But why we are the way we are is a matter of debate. What are we? What role do nature and culture play in violence and compassion, in conflict and progress? And why is humanity unable to behave in a sustainable way? Josef H. Reichholf answers these questions about Homo Sapiens based on the latest research and goes far beyond a purely biological evolutionary history.

As one of the best-known biologists in the German-speaking world, Prof. Dr. Josef H. Reichholf taught for many years at the Technical University and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and was head of department at the State Zoological Collection, also in Munich. In 2007, the bestselling author was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize for scientific prose, and in 2017 his book Symbiosen. Das erstaunliche Miteinander in der Natur was named Science Book of the Year.