Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction

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Summary: Informative but dull evolution book
Review: I read this for a class, and I honestly tried to make this enjoyable but it wasn't. I learned a lot - but the delivery of the material was very droll. But it's a very informative book - providing you can stay awake.

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Summary: A suitable background to "postcontroversial" issues
Review: This book deserves its description as introductory,and therefore it shouldn't be confused with more advanced works,but within the outlined scope a very outstanding quality has been reached in elaboration of highly particular issues which are of crucial relevance for gaining threedimensional perspective-spatial,temporal and causal-not only in classical introductory remarks that are to be found in similar books,but also in succesfull blending of these with wealth of theoretical insights into evolutionary process and biocultural adaptation.Bibliographic entries are few,provided with each chapter,but this is not deficit for such brief book.Highly recomendable for primary knowledge of evolution-it is neither too simplistic,and also not too elitistic.