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April 26, 2022

REVIEW: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs : An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdinosaurs / evolution / non-fiction / paleontology / science4 Comments

An exciting narrative nonfiction book about the day the dinosaurs went extinct…and what happened next. Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It’s a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of ... more >

May 31, 2021

REVIEW: Locked in Time by Dean R. Lomax

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbehavior / dinosaurs / evolution / fossils / non-fiction / paleontology / science2 Comments

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Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures—how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or ... more >

October 29, 2020

REVIEW: Bones: Inside and Out by Roy A. Meals, MD

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / anthropology / culture / Doctor / evolution / fossils / History / medicine / non-fiction / paleontology2 Comments

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A lively, illustrated exploration of the 500-million-year history of bone, a touchstone for understanding vertebrate life and human culture. Human bone is versatile and entirely unique: it repairs itself without scarring, it’s lightweight but responds to stresses, and it’s durable enough to survive for millennia. In Bones, orthopedic surgeon Roy ... more >

May 19, 2018

REVIEW: Human Errors by Nathan H. Lents

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsevolution / non-fiction / science3 Comments

An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections—from faulty knees to junk DNA—that make us human. We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution’s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two ... more >

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August 31, 2016

Wednesday News: On words and pictures

JanetPublishing Newsdogs / evolution / Internet trends / language / research / speech / visual communication7 Comments

Tom Wolfe challenges society’s understanding of evolution in latest book – So Tom Wolfe is now arguing that Darwin’s theory of evolution is a “myth.” It’s actually unclear from this brief interview with Wolfe what he really means by that, because I’m not sure that evolution as Darwin conceptualized it and ... more >

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