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Charles Darwin considered them extraneous, but this witty book sheds modern scientific light on the Darwin Six -- appendix, tailbone, "third eyelid," wisdom teeth, external ear muscles, and body hair -- once considered useless, now considered both valuable and interesting, plus a chapter on the true "dispensables," parts with which we can indeed dispense. Along the way, best-selling author Rinzler weaves in Darwin's brilliant and groundbreaking theories of evolution and shares insights into what the human body may be like millennia from now.
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Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of more than 20 books on health, including Leonardo’s Foot, the bestsellers Nutrition For Dummies, 6th edition, and Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, 2nd edition, and the award-winning Estrogen and Breast Cancer. She wrote a nutrition column for the New York Daily News.
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Hardback. Condition: New. A tribute to the parts we can live without. or can we?This book sheds light on human body parts once considered extraneous but now with modern medicine and modern medical paraphernalia shown to play an important role in our healthful survival. With wit and research-honed wisdom, health writer Carol Ann Rinzler explains in layman's language why we need bonus" body parts such as:The appendix, once discarded as the worm of the intestines," but now believed to play an important role in our immune systemThe coccyx, a.k.a. the tailbone," once considered the remnant of a human tail, but now considered the keystone of the boney pelvic arch when muscles meet and stabilize our seatingWisdom teeth, that extra" set of molars for which many evolved" human jaws lack accommodating space but still remain in place where we higher primates still follow a basic hard"diet that require extra chew powerOn the other hand, having highlighted the still-important parts, Rinzler adds a chapter on dispensables: parts with which we can indeed happily dispense. Along the way, Rinzler weaves in Darwin's theories of evolution and shares insights on what the human body may be like millennia from now. Seller Inventory # LU-9781510712508
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Hardback. Condition: New. A tribute to the parts we can live without. or can we?This book sheds light on human body parts once considered extraneous but now with modern medicine and modern medical paraphernalia shown to play an important role in our healthful survival. With wit and research-honed wisdom, health writer Carol Ann Rinzler explains in layman's language why we need bonus" body parts such as:The appendix, once discarded as the worm of the intestines," but now believed to play an important role in our immune systemThe coccyx, a.k.a. the tailbone," once considered the remnant of a human tail, but now considered the keystone of the boney pelvic arch when muscles meet and stabilize our seatingWisdom teeth, that extra" set of molars for which many evolved" human jaws lack accommodating space but still remain in place where we higher primates still follow a basic hard"diet that require extra chew powerOn the other hand, having highlighted the still-important parts, Rinzler adds a chapter on dispensables: parts with which we can indeed happily dispense. Along the way, Rinzler weaves in Darwin's theories of evolution and shares insights on what the human body may be like millennia from now. Seller Inventory # LU-9781510712508
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