Customer Reviews:
 A fascinating history of ideas about human evolution. July 23, 1998
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Too often we forget that what we believe today is heavily determined by what our predecessors thought. Nowhere is this more true than it is in the study of human evolution, as Ian Tattersall elegantly shows in this smooth-flowing and highly readable book. By blending an engaging account of the discovery of the human fossil record with the history of paleoanthropological analysis, the author shows how the variety of current interpretations arose, and offers an intriguing alternative of his own. If you want to understand where all the controversies that currently rage around the subject of human evolution originated, this lively and well-written book is the source for you.
 This book is why many people don't like science June 6, 1998
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love reading Eldridge, Gould, McGowan... Their writing styles make science come alive. Tattersall, on the other hand, is impossibly dull. He is by far the worst science writer I have ever read, not because his information is incorrect but because his writing style is dryer than the lamest college textbook.
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