Evolution Gone Wrong
The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (or Don't)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021], ©2021.
Format: Book
Description: xvii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
For fans of Bill Bryson and Mary Roach, this entertaining exploration of human evolution reveals where we inherited our adaptable, achy, brilliant bodies.
Contents:
Introduction: It's not your fault -- Part one: It's all in your head. Mastodon stew -- The fish-eye lens -- Down the hatch -- Part two: Achy-breaky parts. Two snakes a day -- The honey holiday -- Baby got back...pain -- Part three: Bundles of joy. To bleed or not to bleed -- Absence makes the heart grow fonder...and the penis thrust more deeply -- The greatest pain of all -- Conclusion: A whale in the water.
ISBN:
9781335690050
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SCIENCE Human Bez | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-354) and index.