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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells a “compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human” (Oliver Sacks).
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 finest—enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
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I really loved a lot of this book. It was required reading for a comparative vertebrates class at my college, so I thought I would hate it, but my mind was quickly changed. It was an easy read for someone at my level of understanding on the subject, but that didn't make it any less entertaining or interesting. I learned many new bits of information and it definitely helped me comprehend the material.
On the other hand, the book is written in a way that it could easily be read and enjoyed by anyone and I would highly recommend that they do!
On the other hand, the book is written in a way that it could easily be read and enjoyed by anyone and I would highly recommend that they do!
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