by Marc Cashman, Neil Shubin
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I wish some of the chapters had been more detailed. There were chapters dedicated to the ears, our heads (mostly cranial nerves), vision, and eyes. Each chapter was interesting, but I thought they were too short. that's really the only thing I have to say about this book. My reviews suck!
I knew about this book from Trevor's review some time ago. I saw it in the Bibliography of some of Dawkins' books and it that of Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne which I recently read, and I got interested to read it very soon. It is truly a remarkable work. If not for anything, just because ...
How are embryos like fossils? How did we come to have the hands, arms, heads, bone structures, ears, eyes and many of the other parts we have? It turns out that homo sap is a very jury-rigged critter, an accumulation of biological compromises and re-purposed parts. One can look at fossils to see how...
It can be pretty repetitive and at times...a bit simplistic. You can tell he's pretty happy with his life from how much he talks about himself/people he knows. ;D But overall I'm glad to have read it, it went quickly and there were some really cool nuggets of information in it.
Since I have a degree in Biology I found the book to largely be a poor summary of things I have already learned through past studies. I'm sure if one does not have knowledge in biology this would be more interesting, however the book was written in a rather "all over the place" style. The author als...
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