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I will definitely try Shubin's other book which goes back even further in time.

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Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. By: Shubin presents his arguments creatively and concisely, tackling sometimes profound questions about origins and evolution directly, even humorously.”, “Shubin’s hand, transformed from what was once a fishy fin, provides a powerful example of what evolution is capable of.



I found it a fun read. of biological sciences at the University of Chicago.

Worthwhile! Made me take a second look at the history of bodies.



Turn back the clock 400 million years, and there were no trees. .

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Andrew H. Knoll, Narrated by: The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People (Unabridged), Human Evolution: Scientific American Special Edition, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, Why Darwin Matters: The Case for Evolution and Against Intelligent Design, The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design (Unabridged), The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (Unabridged).



Nonetheless, I would recommend this to anyone new to (or even well-versed in) evolutionary biology.







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The writing is compelling and engaging.





. A good quick listen for paleo fans and the excitement of discovery but not so much here for human anatomists. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg.



Doors are used as windows and floors might get strengthened over time, but the basic layout cannot change much.

The antievolution crowd is always asking where the missing links in the descent of man are.

I found myself sharing his almost child like excitement of scientific discovery.







. Trained at Columbia, It's worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries yet to be solved about the element that can be both diamond and coal.



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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. I expected this book to delve into the implications of the evolution from water-dwelling to land-dwelling organisms and relate it more tightly to human anatomy--but that never really materialized.

"Your Inner Fish"was assigned as reading for a recent class I took - The philosophy of physical science. and others. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Neil Shubin (Author), Marc Cashman (Narrator), Books on Tape (Publisher) & 0 more 4.7 out of 5 stars 975 ratings If you want to understand the evolutionary history of man and other animals, and read no other account this year, read this splendid monograph.”, “Wonderful. .




















.With clarity and wit, Shubin shows us how exciting it is to be in the new age of discovery in evolutionary biology.”, —Mike Novacek, author of Terra: Our 100 Million Year Ecosystem and the Threats That Now Put It at Risk, “Cleverly weaving together adventures in paleontology with very accessible science, Neil Shubin reveals the many surprisingly deep connections between our anatomy and that of fish, reptiles, and other creatures.

And who knows?

From listening to this book I learned why men are prone to suffer hernias (blame sharks), why we get the hiccups (blame fish and tadpoles) and how we came to develop color vision (thank primeval forests with a rich palate of things that were good to eat).Shubin's infectious enthusiasm for science and discovery drives the narrative. .

[Shubin] is a warm and disarming guide.







And who knows?





Ian Tattersall, curator, American Museum of Natural History, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day.



Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? These extra bones have mutated over time to the ear, in which certain elements have 2 and humans have 3 bones (hammer, anvil, and another one). this is an excellent book for science majors, especially biology majors. In 2006, Shubin and his team discovered tikaalik, a fish with primitive, limb-like fins it could use to do "pushups" and poke its head out of the water.I admit to feeling lost at times and needing to rewind large sections of the audiobook, which I blame on my own ignorance of genetics and embryology rather than on the author. This pause-resisting survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new light on how nervous systems evolved in animals, how the brain developed, and what it means to be human. Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA, By:



Neil Shubin is the author of the bestselling Your Inner Fish, which was chosen by the National Academy of Sciences as the best book of the year in 2009.

Narrated By: Marc Cashman Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: January 2008 Duration: 6 hours 59 minutes 4. 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.Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light. Narrated by Marc Cashman.

A skillful writer, paleontologist Shubin conveys infectious enthusiasm.



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. ", " i thought it was more scientific than that , he talks too much about his journey not about science it self neil shubin can do better that this book . Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light.

To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish.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. To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish. .

Nigel Patterson, The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth, By: In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton gathers together all the latest paleontological evidence, tracing the transformation of dinosaur study from its roots in antiquated natural history to an indisputably scientific field.









. 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.Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light. Neil Shubin is the author of the bestselling Your Inner Fish, which was chosen by the National Academy of Sciences as the best book of the year in 2009.





"The human story didn't start with the first bipeds; it began literally billions of years ago.







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The basis for the PBS series.

Cancel anytime. ", " Yeah, it was OK. In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman - chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field - gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease.
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The sections on the structure of our ears, our body plan, and our senses of hearing and sight are wonderfully presented.





What does the human hand have in common wit

Same with eyes, where the basic sensor is identical for all 'seeing' creatures.This is how evolution re-uses elements of what worked before.Shubin is also a good storyteller, so the book is not a dry telling of the facts.