I, mammal
Subtitle: the story of what makes us mammals
By: Liam Drew
Series: Bloomsbury sigma series -- book twenty-nine; Bloomsbury sigma series -- bk. 29.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781472922892
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Mammals; Evolution; Developmental biology
Description: Examines the biology, evolution, and traits of humans, exploring the anatomical and physiological attributes that makes mankind mammals and that ultimately separate people from other members of the same scientific class designation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: My family and other mammals; title: The descent of man('s gonads); title: Life on the edge of mammaldom; title: Y, I'm male; title: The mammalian birds and bees; title: The next generation; title: Afterbirth before birth; title: The milky way; title: Kids, behave!; title: Bones, teeth, genes, and trees; title: It's getting hot in here, put your coat on; title: Scents and sensibility; title: A multilayered brain teaser; title: This mammalian life.