books.google.com - Reconstructing the Past seeks to clarify and help resolve the vexing methodological issues that arise when biologists try to answer such questions as whether human beings are more closely related to chimps than they are to gorillas. It explores the case for considering the philosophical idea of simplicity/parsimony...http://books.google.com/books/about/Reconstruction_the_Past.html?id=WlUL_r06GnEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareReconstruction the Past