| ISBN |
1848664796 (pbk.)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781848664791 (pbk.)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9781848664784 (ebook)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
467.5
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| 個人著者標目 |
Roberts, Alice,
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| 生没年等 |
1973-
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| 本タイトル |
The incredible unlikeliness of being :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
evolution and the making of us /
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| 著者名 |
Alice Roberts.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
London :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Heron Books,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2015,
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| 数量 |
392 pages :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
illustrations ;
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| 大きさ |
20 cm.
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| 一般注記 |
Originally published: 2014.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Beginnings : the mystery of conception and the history written in your body -- Heads and brains : from the origin of the vertebrate head to the phenomenal growth of the human brain -- Skulls and senses : laying the foundations for building a skull, and growing organs to sense the world around us -- Speech and gills : the watery origins of the voicebox -- Spines and segments : a pattern for life and the evolution of an S-shaped spine -- Ribs, lungs, and hearts : the ribs of our ancestors and the heart and lungs of a fish -- Guts and yolk sacs : links with egg-laying ancestors and fruit-eating apes -- Gonads, genitals, and gestation : the anatomy of reproduction and the helplessness of human babies -- On the nature of limbs : fins, limbs, and ancestors -- Hip to toe : learning to walk before you run -- Shoulders and thumbs : climbing ancestors and unique human hand -- The making of us : finding our twig on the tree of life -- Acknowledgments -- Further reading -- List of illustrations -- Index.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
Bringing together the latest scientific discoveries and drawing on interviews with scientists from around the world, Dr. Roberts illustrates that our evolution has resulted in something that is awe-inspiring yet far from perfect. Our embryonic development is a quirky mix of new and old, with strokes of genius alongside accommodated glitches and imperfections that are all inherited from distant ancestors. For instance, our development and evolutionary past explains why, as embryos, we have what look like gills, and as adults we suffer from back pain. This is a tale of discovery, about ourselves and our environment, that explores why and how we have developed as we have, looking at the development of human physiognomy through the various lenses of embryology, genetics, anatomy, evolution, and zoology. It combines the remarkable set of skills Alice Roberts possesses as a medical doctor, anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, and writer. As Richard Dawkins put it, the reader emerges from her book "entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself."--The publisher.
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| 一般件名 |
Human evolution -- Popular works.
Human evolution. |
| 資料情報1 |
『The incredible unlikeliness of being :
evolution and the making of us /』 Alice Roberts. Heron Books, 2015,
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/467.5/R64/I
資料コード：7115562989）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352055614 |
