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Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body | Neil Shubin
Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New AfterwordWhy do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the fish with hands, tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finestenlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Geeklet
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I love this book so much. The author does an excellent job explaining the science in an accessible way. He uses DNA and fossil evidence to show how bodies have adapted and changed parts as life has grown from fish to amphibians, mammals, and eventually humans. He writes in an infectious style, much like Carl Sagan. This book is always a delight to read.

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An ode to teeth! 🦷

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Time to reread my favorite book about transitional fossils! Dr. Shubin will be coming out with a new book soon and I‘m giddy about it.

Also, Biscuit says hello from the background. She has a new chew and can‘t be bothered to look pretty in a photograph.

#dogsoflitsy #nonfiction #science

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Kdunn52
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Loved reading about this theory

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Some #birthday books I picked up at my favorite used book store. #jacksonstreet #evolution #historicalfiction

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Woke up and finished this book for an extra-credit assignment in my biology class. As an English major, I am not well-versed in evolution, but this was a fascinating read nonetheless. It's straight-forward, engaging, and very educational. I would recommend it for anyone at all interested in evolution #collegelife #evolution #science

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Want to know the similarities between yourself and every other creature, including sharks? This examination of evolution through the lens of genetic conservation is well-written, understandable for the layperson, and often funny. First-rate! 👍

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