First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
"DeSilva takes us on a brilliant, fun, and scientifically deep stroll through history, anatomy, and evolution, in order to illustrate the powerful story of how a particular mode of movement helped…
Specifikacia First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
"DeSilva takes us on a brilliant, fun, and scientifically deep stroll through history, anatomy, and evolution, in order to illustrate the powerful story of how a particular mode of movement helped make us one of the most wonderful, dangerous and fascinating species on Earth."--Agustn Fuentes, Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University and author of Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being "Breezy popular science at its best. . . . Makes a compelling case overall."--Science NewsBlending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging evolutionary story exploring how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet's dominant species.Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four legs--a locomotion known as bipedalism. We strive to be upstanding