"Jonathan Kingdon's work is one of the things that make the present
day such an exciting time for anyone with the slightest
intellectual curiosity. His subject matter is our profound and
thrilling human origins, and his stance toward it makes his work
unique and priceless. Not only is Kingdon a scientist of commanding
authority, he is an artist whose hand transmits his knowledge
through drawings so swift and graceful that revelation and
admiration arrive together. His wonderful new book takes a
characteristically original look at one of the things that makes us
human: our walking on two legs. There is no one alive who could do
it better."--Philip Pullman, author of "The Amber Spyglass"
"Jonathan Kingdon is a Living World Treasure. One of Africa's
greatest zoological artists, he is also one of zoology's leading
authorities on Africa's mammals. A world class zoologist,
ecologist, and writer, he also thinks deeply about human prehistory
and evolution. Bipedality is humanity's founding peculiarity.
"Lowly Origin" is Kingdon's highly original take on how it came
about, and he manages to broaden his canvas to accommodate all of
human evolution. An artist with words and a poet with images, only
Jonathan Kingdon could have written this book."--Richard Dawkins,
University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal Society
"This well-written book offers new insights into the
biogeographic and ecological influences on human evolution and
helps us make sense of the fossil record."--Colin P. Groves,
Australian National University
"Kingdon has made a unique contribution to the field of
mammalian evolution and African ecology, both in his writing and in
his art. His approach to human evolution, with itsfocus on the
natural history of people and animals, is very special and
important."--Robert A. Foley, University of Cambridge
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