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'Using genetics, archaeology, fossils and climate evidence to construct a portrait of who we are and where we come from, the series promises to be both scientifically meaty and readily digestible.' INDEPENDENT 'Dr Roberts is sunny, clear spoken and breathily enthusiastic ... a star' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Alice Roberts skilfully tells the story of her Odyssey filming "The Incredible Human Journey" in her own words. She has certainly grasped the subject fully and has a strong sympathy with her informants and their contributions. Her superb drawings are a delight. Do buy it' STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from Ethiopian desert to Malay peninsula and from Russian steppes to Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant beasts and volcanoes. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all came from other humans. When our ancestors set out from Africa there were already two other species of human on the planet: Neanderthal in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. Both (contrary to popular perception) were intelligent, adept at making tools and weapons and were long adapted to their environments. So, Alice asks, why did only Homo sapiens survive? Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive. She also relates how astonishingly closely related we all are. As a lecturer in Anatomy at Bristol University, Alice Roberts is eminently qualified to write this book. As a talented artist, she is perfectly qualified to illustrate it, and dotted throughout this lively book are many of the sketches and photographs from her travels.
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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Beautifully written and illustrated, this book goes into a lot more scientific detail than the BBC series but never overwhelms the reader. If you like science writing and travel books then you will love this.
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This fills in a lot of the gaps in the programmes, and is not quite so sensational (except for the parts of Alice's journey where things almost went wrong!). While not incredible to anyone with a bit of scientific knowledge, it is very interesting, especially as the bits of the DNA history in the human genome start to bear out many of the theories of migration which were developed since Darwin.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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This is a wonderful book, much more informative than the television series and a useful backup to it. While I was reading it, I ordered another copy for my son-in-law when I heard that he and my daughter were fascinated by the TV series. Clever line illustrations by the author Alice Roberts greatly enhance the book, and there are plenty of maps. I am gripped by the central idea that only about 200 families originally emerged out of Africa and between them populated the whole world.
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Part travelogue part popular history, but enjoyable, engaging and...
I have to confess, I thoroughly enjoyed the television programme of the same name produced by the BBC and presented by Alice Roberts. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Isis
Readable ancient history
As an anatomist, the author has the background to understand and summarize the increasingly detailed knowledge of early humans across the world. Read more
Published 9 months ago by bluejohn
Excellent
Dr Alice Roberts is as good at putting history in writing as she is in presenting.
A larger font would have made reading the book a lot easier
A larger font would have made reading the book a lot easier
Published 9 months ago by David
Easy to read and informative.
Having missed the TV series I decided to just read the book and largely it is well presented. Yes at times it seems like a travelog for Alice Roberts but this did not detract from... Read more
Published 12 months ago by SoapySam
Interesting but out of date
I enjoyed this book, but was mindful that recent genetic findings contradict some parts. The Out of Africa view appears predominantly correct, but has been recently modified by... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Viewer
incredible journey
This book is a little cracker. It is clearly written in sensible English but has all the technical bits in it as well. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bugger100
Incredible Human Journey
If you thought that the TV series of The Incredible Human Journey was a bit lightweight then you will probably be pleased with the deeper treatment in the book. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alan Farrance
The Incredible Human Journey
This book is an excellent academic and yet very readable and challenging experience.
I am still reading it and have just got to the European Chapter. Read more
I am still reading it and have just got to the European Chapter. Read more
Published 20 months ago by depwalters
Great book and series
This is really a stab in the chest for the American Creationists. This story follows the logical course of our evolution around the World, and explodes the bible bashing pastors... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kevin Bransbury-jones
Acceptable, but Oppenheimer is better
Not having seen the BBC documentary, I was eager to read the book. Having previously read some other books on the subject of human development and expansion, however, I was... Read more
Published 22 months ago by A Reviewer
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