I should have paid more attention to the subtitle. There is a greater emphasis on the idea - and by this I mean in the finer points of evolutionary theory - than I have the desire, and most likely, ability, to retain. A positive of the book is that it handles quoted and referenced material in a virtually seemless manner. The attributions are only rarely mentioned in the text itself and are instead listed sequentially, and exclusively, in the back of the book. This allows for a flowing narrative style and is an approach that should be more widely used. ( )

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