Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

<DIV>An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolutionâ€™s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so oftenâ€”two hundred times more often than a dog does?Â How come our wrists have so many useless bones? Why is the vast majority of our genetic code pointless? And are we really supposed to swallow and breathe through the same narrow tube? Surely thereâ€™s been some kind of mistake. AsÂ professor of biology Nathan H. Lents explains inÂ Human Errors, our evolutionary history is nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last. The human body is one big pile of compromises. But that is also a testament to our greatness: as Lents shows, humans have so many design flaws precisely because we are very, very good at getting around them. Â A rollicking, deeply informativeÂ tour of humansâ€™ four billion year long evolutionary saga,Â Human ErrorsÂ both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success.</DIV>
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-05-01
Format Kindle eBook

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes