Title: Evolution Gone Wrong

Author: Alex Bezzerides (White man, has doctorate)

Genre: Nonfiction

Book published: 2021 and Read: Winter of 2025

Okay so I might have a bad memory which is unfortunate because- much like Rabid- I feel like I don't remember much of this book. I don't really remember why I wanted to read it in the first place either, but if I had to guess it's because I randomly saw it at my hometown library and thought it looked cool. Anyways, the title of this book basically explains it all, it's about how human bodies came to be the way they are. It was a super interesting read because I, and I assume most people, think our current "human form" (that sounds creepy but I can't think of how else to phrase it) is fine, dandy, and all-around normal. Turns out, it's not. In fact, I'd say we're kinda like a transitional species. For example, we walk upright, but our bodies aren't really great at walking upright. It puts a lot of pressure on our spines and legs, which often leads to torn disks, worn disks, and other injuries. Also, our feet have a lot of bones in them, cause our ancestors used them to grip things. Today they don't do that, and it's really silly for an appendage that's sole purpose is now 'be hit against the ground thousands of times' to have so many little parts. We also have our mouths, which are too small to hold all our teeth, and our eyes, which originally evolved to see underwater and never quite adjusted to the hip, new, not underwater lifestyle.