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by Ian Tattersall (Author) "Interest in our own origins dates back to a time well before anyone realized that we had a fossil record, or even an evolutionary past..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: OUP USA; New edition edition (20 Mar 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0195109813
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195109818
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"an outstanding achievement ... The task of organising such complex material into a narrative account would have defeated most writers, but Tattersall has mastered it with remarkable skill. The result is a smoothly flowing and wonderfully readable book that grips the attention without oversimplifying the arguments ... An altogether excellent book."


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an outstanding achievement ... The task of organising such complex material into a narrative account would have defeated most writers, but Tattersall has mastered it with remarkable skill. The result is a smoothly flowing and wonderfully readable book that grips the attention without oversimplifying the arguments ... An altogether excellent book. (New Scientist )

This lively, opinionated, personal account offers rare histories, hoaxes, and scientific fads; a readable, up-to-date account of current theory; and a healthy skepticism based on the author's own quest for our origins (Natural History )
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating history of ideas about human evolution., 22 Jul 1998
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Too often we forget that what we believe today is heavily determined by what our predecessors thought. Nowhere is this more true than it is in the study of human evolution, as Ian Tattersall elegantly shows in this smooth-flowing and highly readable book. By blending an engaging account of the discovery of the human fossil record with the history of paleoanthropological analysis, the author shows how the variety of current interpretations arose, and offers an intriguing alternative of his own. If you want to understand where all the controversies that currently rage around the subject of human evolution originated, this lively and well-written book is the source for you.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is why many people don't like science, 6 Jun 1998
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I love reading Eldridge, Gould, McGowan... Their writing styles make science come alive. Tattersall, on the other hand, is impossibly dull. He is by far the worst science writer I have ever read, not because his information is incorrect but because his writing style is dryer than the lamest college textbook.
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