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Title: A lousy best-seller by a writer who usually is vastly better
Review: No basic aspect of the science in this book is right, altho Kerr captures some misc. details from Roger Lewin's book *Bones of Contention.* All sorts of specific "real" touches make it all the more frustrating that Kerr shows no understanding of how academia works, how grants, fieldwork and labs operate, or how evolutionary theory operates. I'd guess that after several brilliant books such as his "Berlin Trilogy" with anemic sales, Ker decided to churn out a potboiler which would pay off big-time. Let's hope this book finances a decade or two of outstanding books and does not scare educated readers away from Kerr's other books!
