- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press; New edition edition (1 Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091894425
- ISBN-13: 978-0091894429
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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- #60 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Education > Higher Education > Human > Medical Anthropology
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'Fascinating stuff', Independent .'A rip-roaring read, packed with fascinating facts, ingenious ideas and provocative speculation', Professor D MacDonald, Oxford University, .'An exciting and important book. Bromhall is a major new voice, with a valuable contribution to the understanding of human evolution', Desmond Morris, .'Brimming with novel and challenging ideas', Robin Dunbar,
Prof D MacDonald, Oxford University
A rip-roaring read, packed with fascinating facts, ingenious ideas and provocative speculation
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
So many things became clear for me after grasping the essence of Clive Bromhall's big insight that I cannot look at the world in the way I did before reading his book. He is undoubtably largly right and has discovered a prime mechanisim by which humanity has evolved – that physical regression, 'infantilising', has moulded us to be the creatures we are today. Not only that, the man can write! It's a fascinating, hilarious, fast paced, fact rich, stimulating book that, as I'm sure time will show, will sit at the centre of evolutionary studies in years to come... when the old guard die off!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I thought the book might be a bit dry but I started reading it and could not put it down. The content about how we are all super babies and developed the way we have including female and infantile social structures, changed the way we cooperate in large groups and become 'daydreamers' and all that entailed was quite fascinating. The grouping of humans into four categories and the explanation of homosexual and lesbian behaviour is a real thought provoker towards the end of the book.
A great read. The ideas will stay with me a long time.
A great read. The ideas will stay with me a long time.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was greatly disappointed by this book. It's not a scientific, scholary or in any sense academic work. The author rarely cites the source for any of the studies which supposedly support his ideas. Certainly not in a way that would enable anyone to further investigate them. The book seems to consist of gross generalisations and statistics that are plucked out of thin air. To some extent I started of accepting that it was a certain type of book, lightweight and not to be taken too seriously, but after a while, even accepting this, you eventually get tired of reading 'facts' like 9% of men in big cities are gay, but only between 3 to 4% in the suburbs and only 1% in the countryside, 1% of women are lesbians, 30% of peadophiles are attracted to their own sex, 30% of lesbians don't want children, gay men are x times more likely to have a first degree than straight men, y times more likely to have a Masters and x times more likely to hold a PhD. I just found myself wanting to scream "How can you know that?" all the time.
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Charles Darwin's theory of evolution has continues to receive great attention, explaining how the smallest of variations can become part of a species make-up if it confers even a... Read more
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most fascinating book
i read this book years ago and I still think about the ideas in it all the time ...
if you have ever wondered why you might be gay ... this is a good book to read
if you have ever wondered why you might be gay ... this is a good book to read
Published on 3 July 2009 by Robert Timothy Lord
Funny, interesting and challenging, but don't believe all
This is one of those books you cannot stop reading, even if there are no da Vinci codes in it. Good value for time and money spent on it. Read more
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Highly original synthesis
I've just finished Bromhall's book and am very impressed. Bromhall is a documentary producer rather than an academic and the book is more speculation than academic rigour. Read more
Published on 27 April 2003 by W L ALLSOPP
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