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"Reed, D. L., et al. 'Pair of Lice Lost or Parasites Regained: The Evolutionary History of Anthropoid
Primate Lice.' BioMed Central Biology 5, no. 7 (2007).'
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1 I confess that this reference relates to nothing in the text, since I decided to spare you the results of my dive into the evolution of human head, pubic, and body lice. But it's the best scientific article title ever." (159) it's incredible

"Some modern-day African and Asian populations also show faint traces of genetic mixing with a 'ghost population.' A ghost population means our genome carries evidence of interbreeding with an unknown hominin, although we haven't yet discovered any physical remains belonging to that species (such as bones)." (104) so cool

"... you needed an intimate knowledge of all the scary animals sharing your neighborhood. When is a hippo most likely to crush you into a pulp? What do you do if you're charged by an angry ostrich and there's no tree to climb? If you're fleeing a rampaging elephant, should you confuse your pursuer by dashing through a pride of lions?*

*No idea. If you try this, let me know how things turn out." (50)

"Evolutionary theory is a scientifically and globally accepted theory supported by years of rigorous research and data accumulation." (vi) and yet, evangelical Americans

I can already tell this is going to be fun. The footnotes alone have me in stitches here.