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The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself
The WellDressed Ape A Natural History of Myself
Author: Hannah Holmes
Stiff meets Your Inner Fish in this surprising, humourous, and edifying look at our species as, essentially, animals. — Combining personal stories, cutting-edge science, and a buoyant sense of humour, Hannah Holmes offers an intriguing and fresh way to understand our place in the world. — Science journalist Hannah Holmes wryly examin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679314950
ISBN-10: 0679314954
Publication Date: 1/20/2009
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Random House Canada
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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In the style of a natural history on a wild animal, the author reviews the human body, piece by mind-numbing piece, and its functions and weaknesses. Also, habitats it can tolerate, foods it can eat, and so forth. I got this on audio, when I got to disk 7, the recording skipped, then stopped, and I found myself thinking, "Oh good."

This would be useful for someone with minimal knowledge about the human animal, and does in fact have a few tidbits of interesting material (such as: if your ring finger on your right hand is longer than the index finger of the same hand, you were subjected to higher levels of testosterone in the womb.) But altogether, it was difficult to get motivated to continue it.


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