{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PDV8PVT?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"B08PDV8PVT","authors":["Alex Bezzerides","Joe Knezevich","Harlequin Audio","Alexander Lewis Bezzerides"],"book_id":"9781488075858","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781488075858","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781488075858.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","description":"“An unforgettable journey through this twisted miracle of evolution we call ‘our body.’” —Spike Carlsen, author of A Walk Around the Block From blurry vision to crooked teeth, ACLs that tear at alarming rates and spines that seem to spend a lifetime falling apart, it’s a curious thing that human beings have beaten the odds as a species. After all, we’re the only survivors on our branch of the tree of life. The flaws in our makeup raise more than a few questions, and this detailed foray into the many twists and turns of our ancestral past includes no shortage of curiosity and humor to find the answers. Why is it that human mothers have such a life-endangering experience giving birth? Why are there entire medical specialties for teeth and feet? And why is it that human babies can’t even hold their heads up, but horses are trotting around minutes after they’re born? In this funny, wide-ranging and often surprising book, biologist Alex Bezzerides tells us just where we inherited our adaptable, achy, brilliant bodies in the process of evolution.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781488075858","publication_date":"20210518","publisher":"Hanover Square Press","slug":"evolution-gone-wrong","subtitle":"The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (or Don't)","title":"Evolution Gone Wrong"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"SOC002020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Physical Anthropology","score":0.7974,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN050030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Biology for Teens","score":0.7823,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HEA039060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Genetic Disorders","score":0.7573,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"SOC002020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Physical Anthropology","score":0.7974,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAN050030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Biology for Teens","score":0.7823,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HEA039060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Genetic Disorders","score":0.7573,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"HEA018000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Living with Physical Disability","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HEA036000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Pain Management","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HEA039100","confidence_band":"high","label":"Musculoskeletal Disorders","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS054000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Social History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SCI008000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Biology","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SCI027000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Evolution","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SCI034000","confidence_band":"high","label":"History of Science","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SCI036000","confidence_band":"high","label":"How the Human Body Works","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Physical Anthropology","score":0.7974,"slug":"physical-anthropology"},{"label":"Biology for Teens","score":0.7823,"slug":"biology-for-teens"},{"label":"Genetic Disorders","score":0.7573,"slug":"genetic-disorders"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Physical Anthropology","Good for readers interested in human","Good for fans of Science"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Svante Pääbo"],"book_id":"9780465054954","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780465054954.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":14.7984,"title":"Neanderthal Man","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780465054954"},{"authors":["Pamela S. Turner","John Gurche"],"book_id":"9781623542504","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781623542504.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":12.4377,"title":"How to Build a Human","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781623542504"},{"authors":["Christine Webb","Christine E. Webb"],"book_id":"9780593543139","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593543139.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.8688,"title":"The Arrogant Ape","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593543139"},{"authors":["Lee Berger","John Hawks","Harrison Ford","Douglas Chadwick"],"book_id":"9781426218118","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781426218118.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.8308,"title":"Almost Human","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781426218118"},{"authors":["Jeffrey S. Bland","Mark Hyman"],"book_id":"9780062290748","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062290748.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.4374,"title":"The Disease Delusion","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062290748"},{"authors":["Jeffrey Rediger M.D.","Jeffrey Rediger"],"book_id":"9781250193216","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250193216.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.4168,"title":"Cured","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250193216"},{"authors":["Jennie Erin Smith"],"book_id":"9780525536079","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780525536079.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.3731,"title":"Valley of Forgetting","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780525536079"},{"authors":["Cat Bohannon"],"book_id":"9780345806208","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780345806208.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":10.3571,"title":"Eve","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780345806208"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:science book"],"label":"Science","score":0.2945,"slug":"science"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:science books for adults"],"label":"Adults","score":0.2025,"slug":"adults"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:life"],"label":"Life","score":0.1448,"slug":"life"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:human"],"label":"Human","score":0.055,"slug":"human"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:medical"],"label":"Medical","score":0.051,"slug":"medical"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Science, Adults, Life.","Reading lane: Physical Anthropology and Biology for Teens.","Publisher: Hanover Square Press."]},"llm_signals":null,"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":false,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":1252,"goodreads_reviews_count":169,"quality_score":0.9134}}