在這本令人稱(chēng)奇、詼諧幽默且極具教育意義的書(shū)中，科學(xué)作家漢娜·霍姆斯熟練地將個(gè)人的經(jīng)歷和思考與最新的科學(xué)理論和研究成果相結(jié)合，把自己打造成為一名見(jiàn)聞廣博的科學(xué)導(dǎo)游，引領(lǐng)讀者了解靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物中最怪異且最迷人的一種，即人類(lèi)自己。作者比較了人類(lèi)與其他動(dòng)物的生物性和行為，說(shuō)明人類(lèi)同其他動(dòng)物一樣，來(lái)自并遵從相同的進(jìn)化過(guò)程。人類(lèi)不僅是動(dòng)物，在某些重要方面（如嗅覺(jué)和視覺(jué)），甚至遠(yuǎn)不如其他很多動(dòng)物。因此，這樣的動(dòng)物能生存下來(lái)的可能性原本很小，而其生存和繁衍，更是一個(gè)非凡的奇跡。同時(shí)，作者也揭示出，盡管人類(lèi)與其他動(dòng)物具有很多共同點(diǎn)， 但是，沒(méi)有其他哪種動(dòng)物具有像人類(lèi)那樣的自我思考能力，能夠面對(duì)自然界的挑戰(zhàn)，制造出無(wú)數(shù)工具，改變自身或其環(huán)境，給地球村帶來(lái)了翻天覆地的變化。讀完這本書(shū)，你便會(huì)明了身為人類(lèi)的意義。

Hannah Holmes (born 1963) is an American writer, journalist, essayist, and science commentator for Science Live (Discovery Channel) and radio shows such as Maine Things Considered. She has published four books, most recently Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality (Random House, 2011). She has published articles online and in magazines including Sierra, Ne...

Hannah Holmes (born 1963) is an American writer, journalist, essayist, and science commentator for Science Live (Discovery Channel) and radio shows such as Maine Things Considered. She has published four books, most recently Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Peculiar Personality (Random House, 2011). She has published articles online and in magazines including Sierra, New York Times Magazine, L.A.Times Magazine, Outside, Islands, and Escape. She earned a B.A. from University of Southern Maine in 1988, and lives with her husband in Portland, Maine.

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