The presenter of BBC's The Incredible Human Journey gives us a new and highly accessible look at our own bodies, allowing us to understand how we develop as an embryo, from a single egg into a complex body, and how our embryos contain echoes of our evolutionary past. Bringing together the latest scientific discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts illustrates that evolution has made something which is far from perfect. Our bodies are a quirky mix of new and old, with strokes of genius alongside glitches and imperfections which are all inherited from distant ancestors. Our development and...

'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil Oliver

The Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling account, Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, uncovering the truth about this engimatic tribe: their origins, their treasure and their enduring legacy today. What emerges is not a wild people, but a highly sophisticated tribal culture that influenced the ancient world - and even Rome.

It is the story of a multicultural civilization, linked by a common language.

It is the story of how ideas travelled in prehistory, how...

Ta obszerna, wspaniale ilustrowana książka jest jak podróż w czasie – od początków z życia na Ziemi do XXI wieku. Poznamy punkty zwrotne ewolucji, jej rozmaite błędne drogi i nieudane eksperymenty, oraz globalne katastrofy, a także przełomowe odkrycia naukowe, które przyczyniły się do zrozumienia dziejów życia istniejącego dawniej i dziś na naszej planecie. Znajdziemy tu:
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