Humans The Evolution of a Species by DK

 Humans The Evolution of a Species  by DK

I really enjoyed this reference book. It's the type of book that can easily be dipped in and out of. It is well written and very well researched and very informative. It is wide ranging in its topics and easy to comprehend. The issue with this book is that given its nature its formatting is not very well suited to reading on an ereader (this is something I have seen before with other books by DK) but that is the only issue with it. The introduction by Dr Alice Roberts is what drew me in to request this book and its an excellent nonfiction book.  Highly recommend and thank you to the authors, the publishers, and to Netgalley for this ARC. 

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