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Average rating: 3.88 · 4,151 ratings · 473 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins 4.06 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness 4.01 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution 3.64 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE 3.74 avg rating — 287 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Natural History of Wine by Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author), Rob DeSalle, Patricia Wynne (Illustrations) 3.68 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoax: A History of Deception: 5,000 Years of Fakes, Forgeries, and Fallacies by Ian Tattersall (Goodreads Author), Peter Névraumont 3.35 avg rating — 186 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paleontology: A Brief History of Life (Templeton Science and Religion Series) 3.83 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution 4.15 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Human Evolution 4.18 avg rating — 76 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Neanderthal: The Rise, Success, and Mysterious Extinction of Our Closest Human Relatives 3.96 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences.”
― Ian Tattersall, Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins

tags: anthropology

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“Inside our skulls are fish, reptile and shrew brains, as well as the highest centers that allow us to integrate information in our unique way; and some of our newer brain components talk to each other via some very ancient structures indeed. Our brains are makeshift structures, opportunistically assembled by Nature over hundreds of millions of years, and in multiple different ecological contexts.”
― Ian Tattersall

tags: anthropology, evolution

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“Hominids typically haven't so much adapted to change, as they have accommodated to it.”
― Ian Tattersall, Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins

tags: humankind, science

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