Book description
We know more about our bodies than ever before, but why are there
so many unanswered questions? Why do our elbows and knees bend in
opposite directions? Why do men and women walk differently? Why do men
have nipples? Why is childbirth so painful? Why do we sleepwalk? This
book aims to answer these questions and many others as it traces our evolution.
Keith Harrison has a PhD in zoology from the University of
Nottingham. He is a former Senior Scientific Officer at the Natural
History Museum in London and a former programme manager for the UK's
Natural Environment Research Council. A Fellow of the Institute of
Biology, the Geological Society of London and the Linnean Society of
London, Keith's fieldwork has taken him to East Africa and South
America, and he has published numerous scientific articles about
invertebrate and vertebrate animals. He wrote 1,000 entries on
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians in Cambridge University
Press's household reference The Cambridge Encyclopedia. He now works
in the media.
