Title:
I, mammal : the story of what makes us mammals
Author:
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
[London, UK] ; [New York, NY, USA] : Bloomsbury Sigma, [2017]
©2017
Physical Description:
336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781472922892
Abstract:
Examines the biology, evolution, and traits of humans, exploring the anatomical and physiological attributes that makes mankind mammals and that ultimately separate people from other members of the same scientific class designation.
Contents:
Introduction: My family and other mammals -- The descent of man('s gonads) -- Life on the edge of mammaldom -- Y, I'm male -- The mammalian birds and bees -- The next generation -- Afterbirth before birth -- The milky way -- Kids, behave! -- Bones, teeth, genes, and trees -- It's getting hot in here, put your coat on -- Scents and sensibility -- A multilayered brain teaser -- This mammalian life.
Language:
English
