This is a beautifully written book about the spotty nature of the fossil record, evolution in general and human evolution specifically. Informative and entertaining.
TITLE: The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution AUTHOR: Henry Gee DATE PUBLISHED: 2013 FORMAT: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780226284880 __________________________ DESCRIPTION: "The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and pop...
I found it interesting and readable, but he seemed to repeat himself a lot. Each new chapter, he would begin a new topic, then repeat his central point: you can't posit relationships between species in deep time because there is no way to prove it. I kept thinking, okay, I get it. I felt rather l...
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