How Long to Read The Thin Bone Vault

How Long Does it Take to Read The Thin Bone Vault?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read The Thin Bone Vault by Fredric M Menger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: “Why are humans so smart?” In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false. The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate? The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike. Contents: Evolution:Darwin and Natural SelectionDarwin AnalyzedLamarckThe Thin Bone Vault:Definition of IntelligenceA Brief History of the MindPopulationCultureAnimal IntelligenceEvolutionary Potential:Elementary GeneticsGene Variability, ExamplesDirected MutationsGenetics and IntelligenceEvolution of Intelligence, an Epigenetic Model:EpigeneticsThe Cranial Feedback Mechanism Readership: General public; biology and anthropology undergraduates and graduates. Keywords:Evolution;Intelligence;Anthropology;General Interest;Non-fictionKey Features:A particularly lucid description of the strengths and weaknesses of Darwinian evolution, written in an enjoyable style palatable to anyone interested in biologyAmple citations of natural phenomena to stimulate general interest in the readerA novel discussion of human intelligence that has no counterpart in current booksAn “epigenetic” theory of evolution in the final pages of the book that complements the natural selection concept

How long is The Thin Bone Vault?

The Thin Bone Vault by Fredric M Menger is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Thin Bone Vault Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read The Thin Bone Vault aloud.

What Reading Level is The Thin Bone Vault?

The Thin Bone Vault is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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