Comments on: Book review – The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:25:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-34136Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:22:43 +0000/?p=12589#comment-34136[…] walking along branches? This was one of several ideas discussed, though not favoured by, Begun in The Real Planet of the Apes. And he briefly touches on the limb anatomy of Danuvius guggenmosi and Ardipithecus ramidus […]

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]]>By: Book review – A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-33978Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:44:43 +0000/?p=12589#comment-33978[…] After the end of the Cretaceous, the book takes a rather anthropocentric bend, focusing on primate and hominin evolution only, as if life was on the highway to humankind. What, for example, of the explosive radiation of […]

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]]>By: Book review – New World Monkeys: The Evolutionary Odyssey | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-18783Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:10:04 +0000/?p=12589#comment-18783[…] I recently reviewed The Real Planet of the Apes, I casually wrote how that book dealt with the evolution of Old Work monkeys and apes, ignoring New […]

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]]>By: Book review – Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Fossil Skeleton and the Battle to Define Human Origins | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-18004Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:31:13 +0000/?p=12589#comment-18004[…] fossils for themselves. Another supporter is David Begun who dedicated a section to A. ramidus in The Real Planet of the Apes, discussing the configuration of the big toe. He agrees with White that “meticulous […]

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]]>By: Book review – Ancient Bones: Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-16380Sun, 27 Dec 2020 21:05:36 +0000/?p=12589#comment-16380[…] but this idea is being challenged from various sides. I previously reviewed Begun’s The Real Planet of the Apes as a warming-up exercise before delving into this book. My conclusion was that its discussion of […]

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]]>By: Book review – Lost Anatomies: The Evolution of the Human Form | The Inquisitive Biologist/2020/12/23/book-review-the-real-planet-of-the-apes-a-new-story-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-16154Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:06:47 +0000/?p=12589#comment-16154[…] invading Africa, from whence they came out of Africa millions of years later (see my review of The Real Planet of the Apes: A New Story of Human Origins). Director of anatomical sciences at the University of Missouri School of Medicine Carol Ward […]

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