Human Errors

The book was quite lighthearted and non-exhaustive, which can sometimes make some of the theories oversimplified and shallow. However, it does a good job of keeping the reader's attention. The topic of this book is quite interesting, and just like the author has said, while many books sing praises to the greatness of the human body, this book discusses something that shows a more pragmatic nature of evolution (similar to ‘The Blind Watchmaker' by Richard Dawkins, but with more information on designing faults). I do think the first chapter, ‘Pointless Bones and Anatomical Errors,' could have been more elaborated upon. I also liked how the author discussed our cognitive biases as a bug in our system in Chapter 6, ‘A Species of Suckers.' I'm not sure if the long epilogue added much to the book, but it seems alright.
4 stars out of 5.

The book was incredibly informative, and yet it remained humerus (haha, get it?) all the way through. Really enjoyed learning about the human body in relation to evolution and why certain defects developed (seriously, our knees suck, and the book explained why and how that happened!)