Tag Archives: evolution

Book Review: After The Dinosaurs

Posted on February 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

After The Dinosaurs: The Age Of Mammals, by Donald R. Prothero This book is an honest book. That does not make it by any means a perfect book–the author is clearly not intending to write a book that contains a smooth narrative … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Between Ape And Human

Posted on February 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

Between Ape And Human: An Anthropologist On The Trail Of A Hidden Hominoid, by Gregory Forth This book was not the book I thought it would be from its title. I had in mind when opening this book a more general work … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Life On Our Planet

Posted on February 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

Life On Our Planet: A New Look At Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Life That Once Roamed Our Earth, by Dr. Tom Fletcher This book is a striking example of the way that a book can sometimes be marred by text. If this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Short History Of Humanity

Posted on February 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Short History Of Humanity: A New History Of Old Europe, by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe, translated by Caroline Waight About the only thing to fault this book on, and that probably isn’t the fault of the authors, who appear … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ice Ages

Posted on February 2, 2024 by nathanalbright

Ice Ages: Thier Social And Natural History, by Allan Mazur This book is not nearly the sort of book that I thought it would be. My hope, in reading this slim volume, was that the author would be able to speak intelligently … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Before The Dawn

Posted on January 15, 2024 by nathanalbright

Before The Dawn: Recovering The Lost History Of Our Ancestors, by Nicholas Wade Though there are a lot of areas where I fault this book, I view this book with a certain degree of respect as well, and see it as … Continue reading →

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Simplification Of Life

Posted on February 14, 2022 by nathanalbright

There are some people who are hostile to games, but in truth all games are a simplification of life and, viewed the right way, the games we like to play tell us a lot about ourselves and about what we … Continue reading →

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Louis Agassiz Was Right

Posted on June 24, 2021 by nathanalbright

It is not a popular opinion in contemporary science to say so, but Louis Agassiz was right that what we find when looking at the natural history of the world is more a world shaped by massive extinction events than … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The First Word

Posted on September 17, 2020 by nathanalbright

The First Word: The Search For The Origins Of Language, by Christine Kenneally In many ways this book is a bit of a tease. The author demonstrates her lack of understanding about science by assuming that well-designed computer models offer … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Horsemanship For Beginners

Posted on April 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Horsemanship For Beginners, by Evelyn Pervier A book like this can certainly be profitably read, but it does not start off on the right foot, because the author seeks to start out the book by discussing the fanciful speculation of … Continue reading →

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