Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Vintage)

Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New Afterword

Why 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 finest?enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm. more

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Posted: Feb-16-2009

MY ADV BIOLOGY CLASS LIKES IT A LOT!

I don't want to re-state the high encomiums this slim volume has received, but I would like to offer an alternative perspective.I have integrated this book into my "critical readings", ie, non-text material illustrating real-world science, in my high school advanced biology class. Students read...

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Posted: Feb-11-2009

Fascinating, Captain!

An illuminating and enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in life, the universe, and everything. Combines paleontology and genetics to illustrate how we evolved into the form we have today. You'll never look at a human hand (or a fish) the same way again.

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Posted: Feb-10-2009

Outstanding. Will open your mind.

Although the author is a bit wordy at times, he does break down the chapers into excellent little conceptual components. The pieces of the evolutionary puzzle are nearly fully in place, and the author lays them out elegantly in general with simple yet profound illustrations. Wonderful...

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Posted: Feb-08-2009

My inner fish

In "Your Inner Fish" Neil Shubin shares a number of inspiring stories from his life as a scientist. He leads an extraordinary scientific career, where he is an authority on both developmental biology and palenthology. This means that he does not only travel the world looking for transitional...

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Posted: Feb-07-2009

This book will change your life

Amazing book with huge amount of information that otherwise will require 10+ years of research. This book is worth its weight*5 in Gold.

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Posted: Feb-06-2009

Our Bodies are Filled With Ghosts

I enjoyed this book, but the information was not particularly "sticky" for me. On the other hand, it is probably better to own this and have it handy, rather than to check it out of the library. Because referring to it in the future seems likely.Multiple things going on: Modern human anotomy,...

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Posted: Jan-28-2009

intriguing concepts

This book seemed like a good overview of the current views of the scientific majority on evolution. As a layman, I know I must rely heavily on the integrity of the trained professionals who sift through the actual evidence, and utilize their conclusions in formulating my opinions. Mr. Shubin is...

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Posted: Jan-27-2009

inner fish

Excellent review of the molecular evolution from the very beginning of life up to day. It is a kind of "archeology" of the human body. Remarquable, Easy to read.Easy to understand.

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Posted: Jan-21-2009

Dawkins Light

YOUR INNER FISH reminds me of Richard Dawkins' THE ANCESTOR'S TALE, the reading of which gave me truly new insight into the workings of physical evolution. Even though I devoured Dawkins' work some time ago, I can say the same for Shubin's book. Shubin, however, does not delve as deeply into...

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Posted: Jan-21-2009

How did all those parts that make you up, come about?

Shubin is a fish paleontologist and the department chair of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. Having also taught first-year medical students anatomy, he found his ability to use other species as examples in how the human body worked, which lead him to the thought...

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