The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Perkins (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins narrates 208 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,284 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
335 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution is an audiobook by Ian Tattersall: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Perkins, released July 28, 2015, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Perkins
- Released
- July 28, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781494585747
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How long is The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution as an audiobook?
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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Who narrates The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution?
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution is narrated by Tom Perkins.