一般注記Beginnings : the mystery of conception and the history written in your body -- Heads and brains : from the origin of the vertebrate head to the phenomenal growth of the human brain -- Skulls and senses : laying the foundations for building a skull, and growing organs to sense the world around us -- Speech and gills : the watery origins of the voicebox -- Spines and segments : a pattern for life and the evolution of an S-shaped spine -- Ribs, lungs, and hearts : the ribs of our ancestors and the heart and lungs of a fish -- Guts and yolk sacs : links with egg-laying ancestors and fruit-eating apes -- Gonads, genitals, and gestation : the anatomy of reproduction and the helplessness of human babies -- On the nature of limbs : fins, limbs, and ancestors -- Hip to toe : learning to walk before you run -- Shoulders and thumbs : climbing ancestors and unique human hand -- The making of us : finding our twig on the tree of life -- Acknowledgments -- Further reading -- List of illustrations -- Index.
Originally published: 2014.