About the Author

Alice Roberts is an anatomist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, television presenter, author and professor at the University of Birmingham. She has presented Coast, Digging for Britain and The Incredible Human Journey on BBC2, Inside Science on Radio 4 and has appeared as an expert on Time Team on Channel 4. She writes a regular column for The Observer and is passionate about human health, evolution and history. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two children.

Reviews

A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are - ObserverFrom your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from this book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself - Richard DawkinsAlice Roberts is our pre-eminent science storyteller - Adam Rutherford