The Eternal Child – How evolution has made children of us all.(book review)

Title :-The Eternal Child – How evolution has made children of us all.
By :- Clive Bromhall
Published :- Ebury Press, Great Britain (2004) Paperback (330 pages)
Outline;- The concept is easy to understand. When an egg grows into a chicken the leg grows out from the body as a stick, then towards the latter part of the development the feet form with the end of the toes last. This emphasizes that genes contain aspects that relate to the timing for activation. So when a baby is born, its development continues with such genes triggered with a time factor, some of the last main triggers are at puberty, and our brain development. The theory is that the slower the development, the further the development advances. One reason we are different from monkeys in that we develop slower ( timing of genes), and this also has the impact in that our body hair growth genes have slowed right down to give us “baby body hair” and the same with rounded face etc. The concept is that man’s evolution was still advancing during the second great migration – as we have different characteristics between Asian & European etc. This theory suggests the more infantile characteristics represent the most advanced biology of man, being the Mongols with their very rounded face and least rounded eyes. Easy to read and very easy to accept this theory.