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A review by kevin_shepherd
Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past by Frank H. T. Rhodes
4.0
Everybody: “You cannot squeeze 4 billion years of evolutionary history, including the taxonomy of millions of existing species and billions of extinct species, into a 344 page textbook.”
Frank Rhodes: “Hold my beer.”
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An ambitious overview of the origin, evolution, and classification of all life on planet earth.
*One thing kept this from being a 5-star read for me: Rhodes includes several references to abrahamic creation myths (e.g. Noah’s “great flood,” Adam’s affinity for taxonomy, etc.) that are scientifically irrelevant and unnecessary even if they are anecdotal and (quite possibly) tongue-in-cheek.
Frank Rhodes: “Hold my beer.”
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An ambitious overview of the origin, evolution, and classification of all life on planet earth.
*One thing kept this from being a 5-star read for me: Rhodes includes several references to abrahamic creation myths (e.g. Noah’s “great flood,” Adam’s affinity for taxonomy, etc.) that are scientifically irrelevant and unnecessary even if they are anecdotal and (quite possibly) tongue-in-cheek.