Based on the huge response to my post yesterday on a Slashdot poll itemizing how people use their computers, I’ll add my own poll. Let’s see if my readers are similar to those of Slashdot.
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- The Runaway Brain: The Evolution of Human Uniqueness July 25, 2011author: Christopher Wills name: Jacqui average rating: 4.08 book published: 1993 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/07/24 shelves: science, early-man review: In my lifelong effort to understand what makes us human, I long ago arrived at the lynchpin to that discussion: our brain. Even though bipedalism preceded big brains, and we couldn't be who we are […]Christopher Wills
- The Origin Of Humankind July 25, 2011author: Richard E. Leakey name: Jacqui average rating: 3.86 book published: 1994 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/07/24 shelves: early-man, history review: If you're interested in man's roots, there are several authors you must read: Birute Galdikas Dian Fosse Donald Johanson GHR Von Koenigsman Glen Isaacs Jared Diamond Ian Tattersell Lev Vygots […]Richard E. Leakey
- Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind July 24, 2011author: Donald C. Johanson name: Jacqui average rating: 4.07 book published: 1983 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/07/24 shelves: early-man, science review: I read this book when I was writing a paleo-historic drama of the life of earliest man. My characters were Homo habilines, but they cohabited Africa with Australopithecines, so to understand the co-st […]Donald C. Johanson
- Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe July 24, 2011author: Jane Goodall name: Jacqui average rating: 4.24 book published: 1990 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/07/24 shelves: early-man, science review: I have read every book that Jane Goodall wrote. She has an easy-going writing style that shares scientific principals easily with the layman. Probably because when she started, she was little more than a no […]Jane Goodall
- In the Shadow of Man July 24, 2011author: Jane Goodall name: Jacqui average rating: 4.33 book published: 1971 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/07/23 shelves: early-man, science review: I read Jane Goodall's In the Shadow of Man (Houghton Mifflin 1971) years ago as research for a paleo-historic novel I was writing. I needed background on the great apes so I could show them acting appr […]Jane Goodall
- Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization January 29, 2011author: Clive Gamble name: Jacqui average rating: 3.71 book published: 1994 rating: 4 read at: 2010/02/07 date added: 2011/01/28 shelves: early-man review: It's a difficult question. Why did earliest man leave Africa and migrate to new areas. Mostly, animals evolve suited to their environment and they don't stray far. They may have several areas th […]Clive Gamble
- Gorillas in the Mist January 26, 2011author: Dian Fossey name: Jacqui average rating: 4.14 book published: 1983 rating: 5 read at: date added: 2011/01/25 shelves: early-man review: […]Dian Fossey
- The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body January 26, 2011author: Steven Mithen name: Jacqui average rating: 3.80 book published: 2005 rating: 4 read at: 2009/07/28 date added: 2011/01/25 shelves: early-man, reference, research, science review: I have avoided this book in the past because my personal interest extends to an earlier time than Neanderthals, but I shouldn't have. The title is misleading in that he […]Steven Mithen
- The Evolution Of Homo Erectus: Comparative Anatomical Studies Of An Extinct Human Species January 18, 2011author: G. Philip Rightmire name: Jacqui average rating: 4.00 book published: 1990 rating: 4 read at: date added: 2011/01/18 shelves: early-man review: Evolution of Homo erectus by G. Philip Rightmire is a scholarly discussion of Homo Erectus' evolution through time, across the planet, through his diverse global locations--China, Africa, Indonesia, Spai […]G. Philip Rightmire
- Bunyoro: An African Kingdom October 30, 2010author: John Beattie name: Jacqui average rating: 3.20 book published: 1960 rating: 4 read at: date added: 2010/10/29 shelves: africa, early-man, science review: Man's path from paleo-history is a fascinating study. Since our records of that era is confined to rocks and natural artifacts, those like me who want to understand what man was like in that ti […]John Beattie
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This is a rather poorly constructed poll, as the person taking the survey is only allowed one choice out of all above. Rather than using radiobuttons, the person constructing the poll should have used checkboxes – allowing multiple choices.
Also, what useful info is gained from the option “one or more of the above”?
So you recommend I keep my day job? I figured it beat hitting golf balls into sand traps.
really it’s a very good posting , good work