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Restless Creatures - The Story of Life in Ten Movements (Hardcover)
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Restless Creatures - The Story of Life in Ten Movements (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R502
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A billion-year history of movement, from bacteria to Olympic
athletes. 'Packed with revelations, scholarly but clear, Restless
Creatures carries you from the kinetics of the amoeba to that of
the blue whale, from the swim-cycle of spermatozoa, to why skipping
works best on the moon. A pop-science treat.' Gavin Francis, author
of Adventures in Human Being Despite the overwhelming diversity of
life on earth, one theme has dominated its evolution: the
apparently simple act of moving from one place to another. Restless
Creatures is the first book for a general audience telling the
incredible story of locomotion in human and animal evolution.
Evolutionary biologist Matt Wilkinson traces this 4-billion-year
history, showing why our ancestors became two-legged, how movement
explains why we have opposable thumbs and a backbone, how fish fins
became limbs, how even trees are locomotion-obsessed, and how
movement has shaped our minds as well as our bodies. He explains
why there are no flying monkeys or biological wheels, how dinosaurs
took to the air, how Mexican waves were the making of the animal
kingdom, and why moving can make us feel good. Restless Creatures
opens up an astonishing new perspective - that little in evolution
makes sense unless in the light of movement.
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