{"product_id":"humans-the-evolution-of-a-species","title":"Humans: The Evolution of a Species","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHumans – who are we? Physically, we’re unremarkable in the\nanimal world – a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics\nmake us remarkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHow can our fingers open this book with such precision,\nprising apart pages just a fraction of a millimetre thick? How can we\nunderstand the symbols in it and read the thoughts someone has transferred to\nthe page? With our union of dexterity and brain power, we discovered ways of\nfinding food and beating the elements not only in our home on the African\nsavanna, but in every habitat from jungle to Arctic waste. Uncovering exactly\nhow we did this is not easy. Each fossil or flint tool discovery seems to rewrite\nthe human story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis thought-provoking book presents the latest advances in\nunderstanding, challenging old myths and baked-in misconceptions – all through\nthe lens of the human body. Do women have hearts, lungs, and legs adapted to\nrunning down prey because they inherited their fathers’ hunting DNA, or because\nin fact, they did their share of hunting themselves? Humans tells the story of\nour evolution with beautiful illustrations of our seemingly ordinary anatomy\nalongside mind expanding diagrams of what we achieved with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBorn and raised in Bristol, Alice Roberts studied medicine\nat the University of Wales College of Medicine (now part of Cardiff University)\nand graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and Bachelor of\nScience in Anatomy degrees. She obtained a Doctorate in Paleopathology in 2008\nand since 2012, she has been Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the\nUniversity of Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRoberts has written several books that explore human\nevolution and history through a fascinating combination of archaeological\nfinds, cutting-edge DNA research and historical writing. Many of these have\nalso served as the basis for documentary series she has presented for the BBC,\nincluding 2009’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-incredible-human-journey\/alice-roberts\/9781408802885\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\nIncredible Human Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/celts-the-search-for-a-civilisation\/alice-roberts\/9781784293352\"\u003eThe\nCelts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She has also presented the popular Digging for\nBritain and Time Team series on the BBC. Her 2021 book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/ancestors\/alice-roberts\/9781471188046\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncestors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e opened\na marvellous trilogy that explores Britain’s past through burial site findings,\nwith the first volume focusing on pre-historic Britons; the second, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/buried\/alice-roberts\/9781398510050\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2022),\ncharting the first millennium from the Roman cremations to early Christian\nburials; and the final part \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/crypt\/alice-roberts\/9781398519237\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrypt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2024)\nshedding light on the lives and deaths of the British in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45142842933455,"sku":"9780241682746","price":54.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_743163a4-4157-413b-a97e-d55b094669cd.jpg?v=1780481567","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/humans-the-evolution-of-a-species","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}