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SUMMARY: Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. By examining fossils and DNA, Shubin shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome look and function like those of worms and bacteria.--From publisher description. Title Page 2 Dedication 4 Preface 5 ONE Finding Your Inner Fish 7 TWO Getting a Grip 39 THREE Handy Genes 61 FOUR Teeth Everywhere 81 FIVE Getting Ahead 108 SIX The Best-Laid 129 SEVEN Adventures in Bodybuilding 154 EIGHT Making Scents 185 NINE Vision 197 TEN Ears 209 ELEVEN The Meaning of It All 229 Epilogue 263 Notes, References, and Further Reading 267 Acknowledgments 289 Copyright 294

Who reads Your Inner Fish : a Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-year History of the Human Body?

Author

Neil Shubin

Publisher

New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375424472

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.97 / 5 (15,195 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14