Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan [FIRST EDITION] 1992

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search For Who We Are by Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan  FIRST EDITION [1992] RANDOM HOUSE  Second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.  Dust jacket has some light shelf wear.  Book is very good.  Reads perfectly.   FLAWS:  Slight cracking to spine along half-title page.  Mild water stain to green cloth on boards; a few stains to top of text block [see last 2 photos] World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits--self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics--are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals.Sagan and Druyan conduc