The Book of Humans

Adam Rutherford's entertaining and pithy The Book of Humans focuses on the features that make Homo sapiens so special - language, tool-making, and war-mongering - and finds startling parallels for each attribute in many other animals
Robin McKie, THE OBSERVER

An entertaining exploration of human evolution, showing that, amidst the teeming multitudes of lifeforms surrounding us, we are really not that special. And yet we are ... Wonderfully crafted, this is a readable, fun exploration of human evolution and how we compare to the animals surrounding us
Leon Vlieger, THE INQUISITIVE BIOLOGIST

Turns out we're not the only species that makes tools or uses fire - so what does that mean for humanity? Adam Rutherford takes us on a myth-busting tour of human history, exploring whether we really are as exceptional as we think
BBC FOCUS MAGAZINE

An outstandingly clear and witty account that shows beyond doubt how much we are part of the animal world, and yet at the same time how different we have become
HENRY MARSH