Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)

Bezzerides, Alex

ISBN 10: 1335449485 / ISBN 13: 9781335449481

Published by Hanover Square Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)
• Publisher: Hanover Square Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1335449485
• ISBN 13: 9781335449481
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"A fantastic, informative book… I recommend Evolution Gone Wrong highly to anyone wishing to grasp the mix of biological and cultural forces at work on our anatomy today." —NPR

"Alex Bezzerides…is fascinated with the imperfect system that is the human body, and he explores and explains it adroitly in his fascinating, funny new book." —Salon

The flaws in our anatomy raise more than a few questions. Why is it that human mothers risk their lives giving birth? Why are there medical specialties for teeth and feet? And why is it that human babies can’t hold their heads up, but horses trot around minutes after they’re born? This detailed foray into the twists and turns of our ancestral past includes no shortage of curiosity and humor to find answers.

In this funny, wide-ranging and often surprising book, biologist Alex Bezzerides tells us just where we inherited our adaptable, achy, brilliant bodies in the process of evolution.

About the Author

ALEX BEZZERIDES is a professor of biology at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho, where he teaches a wide range of biology classes, from human anatomy and physiology to entomology. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology and a PhD in neurobiology and behavior. Alex lives in Idaho with his wife, Julie, and their daughter.