The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

Alice Roberts is a lecturer at the University of Birmingham as well as an anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television host, novelist, and author. She has hosted Inside Science on Radio 4, The Incredible Human Journey, and Coast on BBC 2. Of course, Alice Roberts is well-known to many people due to her captivating broadcasts, but she is also an academic who studies human anatomy and evolution. In The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, one of the best books on evolution ever written, the mix of academic rigor with clear communication to a larger audience works extremely well.

Roberts presents the tale of how we came to be the way we are by fusing genetics, anatomy, evolution, human ecology, and much more. A lofty goal that has been more than met.

From a single cell to a complicated embryo to a living, breathing, thinking human, Alice Roberts takes you on the most amazing trip. It's a tale that ties us to our ancient ancestors and chronicles an astonishing series of improbable occurrences that influenced the course of human history and had an impact on everyone of us.

The most recent scientific findings are used by Alice Roberts to reveal the evolutionary past concealed in each and every one of us, including the mysteries of why we have what appear to be gills in our embryos and DNA as well as those shown in your anatomy. This is a story about learning why and how we have evolved the way we have. This is how your tale has never been told before.

Author: Alice Roberts
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