{"product_id":"9780285641327","title":"The Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn   this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging   interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she   argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic   environment. \u003cbr\u003eMillions of years ago something happened that caused our   ancestors to walk on two legs, to lose their fur, to develop larger brains   and learn how to speak. Elaine Morgan discovers what this event was by   studying the many incongruous flaws in the physiological make-up of humans.   The human body is liable to suffer from obesity, lower back pain and acne. In   support of her aquatic ape hypothesis she points out the flaws in our   physiological make-up: the difficulties of erect bipedalism, our hairlessness   and fat-layers, our preference for face to face sex and the way we breathe.   Are these flaws a record of the history of the species, the 'scars' of   evolution that are clues to earlier stages of evolution? \u003cbr\u003eMorgan establishes   the origins of the evolutionary path that separated humans from other animals   and questions the theories currently accepted by science. Did our ancestors   adapt to an aquatic environment that subsequently dried out? Elaine Morgan   has made the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis a plausible alternative to conventional   theories of evolution and in \u003ci\u003eThe Scars of Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e she brings a real   understanding of who humans are and where they came from.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Souvenir Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084122669296,"sku":"9780285641327","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780285641327_p0.jpg?v=1763683305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780285641327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}