YOUR INNER FISH

Why do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the fish with h ands, tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actua lly resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function lik e those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is scienc e writing ...[Read more]