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I primi passi: perché la posizione eretta è stata la chiave dell’evoluzione umana by Jeremy Desilva
lokroma's review against another edition
5.0
What a good book! Well sourced and scientifically accurate, it is also very accessible. DeSilva traces the history of bipedalism, including the interesting theory among some that the chimpanzees and great apes evolved into quadrupeds rather than that humans evolved from quadrupeds. He credits tool use, trade, language, and even empathy to upright walking. Since evolution is not perfect, there are also downsides to walking on two feet, like inguinal hernias, pinched nerves, sprained ankles and other injuries. But in the end, good and/or bad, walking upright is why we are homo sapiens.
trekbicycles's review against another edition
4.0
Joyful to read after Chimpanzee Culture Wars! Accessible! Anthropology that interfaces with the public! And a celebration of walking!
hotskitrotsky's review against another edition
I wasn’t into non fiction but now am :)
carlyxjack17's review against another edition
5.0
I have to give credits to the author of this book. I am a lay person when it comes to evolutionary biology and paleontology/paleoantropology.However, while the book was informative, the author also succeeded in writing the book in a very fun way. Sometimes, science books can become too technical (I am likely to give up on the book)or too simplified (I get the feeling I don't understand it yet or I am not satisfied with what is written) . However, in this book the author found a good balance between providing new information and writing it in a fun way that you want to keep reading. I nev er had this with a science book before!
me_haugen's review against another edition
5.0
As always Goodreads, the honor is mine. Thank you for putting my humble scrivening on your webpage. I read this while I was locked in the art museum overnight. I'd gotten confused and accidentally mistaken the broken toilet stalls in the bathroom for an exhibit commenting on the lack of privacy in our society. I found out later two guys got in a fight about who liked Monet the best and broke all the stall walls down punching and hitting each other into them but I didn't know that yet and so I thought the bathroom was art and spent a long time thinking about the ills of society. I guess when they were closing up at night the security guard didn't check in there cause they thought nobody would be pooping in there cause everyone would see it and so I got locked in overnight. It wasn't too scary being trapped in there. At one point I did think a statue was my old friend Richard Duquense but then I remembered he died a long time ago when he accidentally shot as mento through his head with an industrial-strength rubber band. This book was good.