{"product_id":"9781785780455-restless-creatures","title":"Restless Creatures","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of Life in Ten Movements\u003cbr\u003eA billion-year history of movement, from bacteria to Olympic athletes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA billion-year history of movement,\u003cbr\u003efrom bacteria to Olympic athletes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Packed with revelations, scholarly but clear, \u003ci\u003eRestless Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e carries\u003cbr\u003eyou from the kinetics of the amoeba to that of the blue whale, from the\u003cbr\u003eswim-cycle of spermatozoa, to why skipping works best on the moon. A\u003cbr\u003epop-science treat.' Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the overwhelming diversity of life on earth, one theme has\u003cbr\u003edominated its evolution: the apparently simple act of moving from one place to\u003cbr\u003eanother. \u003ci\u003eRestless Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book for a general\u003cbr\u003eaudience telling the incredible story of locomotion in human and animal\u003cbr\u003eevolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvolutionary biologist Matt Wilkinson traces this 4-billion-year\u003cbr\u003ehistory, showing why our ancestors became two-legged, how movement explains why\u003cbr\u003ewe have opposable thumbs and a backbone, how fish fins became limbs, how even\u003cbr\u003etrees are locomotion-obsessed, and how movement has shaped our minds as well as\u003cbr\u003eour bodies. He explains why there are no flying monkeys or biological wheels,\u003cbr\u003ehow dinosaurs took to the air, how Mexican waves were the making of the animal\u003cbr\u003ekingdom, and why moving can make us feel good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRestless Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e opens up an astonishing new perspective -\u003cbr\u003ethat little in evolution makes sense unless in the light of movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535937773942,"sku":"9781785780455","price":33.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40203881.jpg?v=1774283488","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785780455-restless-creatures","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}