Who Ate the First Oyster? The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History

Praise for Who Ate the First Oyster?

[Cassidy] takes readers on a rapid-fire pop-science tour of historic discoveries and inventions . . . Making history fun is often a challenge, and here Cassidy succeeds. I read this book in one quick sip and imagine it to be a perfect gift book for young and old adults. . . . This casual but thoughtful tour through time is a great way to travel, particularly now, when we re all stuck at home.
San Francisco Chronicle

Cassidy tells the stories of individuals over the past thousands and even millions of years whose names will never be known, but whose innovations benefit us to this day.
New York Post

A fun and enlightening quick trip through all the clever, stupid, dangerous, and gross human firsts that we've all wondered about.
Zach and Kelly Weinersmith, New York Times bestselling authors of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

In this fascinating and entertaining book, Cody Cassidy has done what might seem impossible: illustrating the identity, life, and death of some of the most momentous and entirely anonymous figures in human (and prehuman) history.
Ryan North, author of How To Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

Illuminating and entertaining . . . Cassidy humanizes prehistory with wit and a firm grasp of the science behind these anthropological case studies. Enthralled readers will develop a new appreciation for the ancient past.
Publishers Weekly

Cassidy embarks on a wide-ranging, far-flung journey of curiosity that easily engages the reader. Chapters are brimming with history that may surprise readers as well as compel them to further investigate.
Booklist

A breezy read through millennia of human development.
Kirkus Reviews