a panorama of our glitches, from pointless bones to broken genes
"An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections . . . that make us human . . . explains . . . our evolutionary history is nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last. The human body, perhaps evolution's greatest creation, is one big pile of compromises. But that is also a testament to our greatness: as Lents shows, humans have so many design flaws precisely because we are very, very good at getting around them"--Provided by publisher.
