' From your brain to your fingertips you emerge from her book entertained & with a deeper understanding of yourself' Richard Dawkins'A masterful account of why our bodies are the way they are this book really shines Roberts's lightness of touch is joyous & celebratory' Observer' Witty personal & above all informed by passion & deep knowledge this is the story of you not just from conception onwards but from the millions of years of evolution that have shaped the way we are today' Adam Rutherford SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZEAlice Roberts takes you on the most incredible journey revealing your path from a single cell to a complex embryo to a living breathing thinking person It's a story that connects us with our distant ancestors & an extraordinary unlikely chain of events that shaped human development & left a mark on all of us Alice Roberts uses the latest research to uncover the evolutionary history hidden in all of us from the secrets found only in our embryos & genes
- including why as embroyos we have what look like gills
- to those visible in your anatomy This is a tale of discovery exploring why & how we have developed as we have This is your story told as never before