|1 .i139802666 |b 1030003615826 |d cms |g - |m |h 0 |x 0 |t 0 |i 0 |j 18 |k 210818 |o - |a QM 26. In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin, a professor and paleontologist who studies fish fossils, explains that understanding how a shark’s head, a reptile’s brain, and a fish’s fins developed helps make sense of complicated and confounding human anatomy. Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalikthe missing link that made headlines around the world in April 2006tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. |a Presents the history of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, and, by examining fossils and DNA, argues that parts of the human body resemble those of fish and other creatures.

|a Finding an inner fish - Getting a grip - Handy genes - Teeth everywhere - Getting ahead - The best laid (body) plans - Adventures in bodybuilding - Making scents - Vision - Ears - The meaning of it all. |a Includes bibliographical references and index. |a 237 pages : |b illustrations, maps |c 21 cm This is a law of biology so fundamental that its usually taken for granted, but. The author shows how studying fossils, genes and embryonic development can help us understand our complex evolutionary past. Every living thing on the planet had parents. |a Your inner fish : |b a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / |c Neil Shubin. In this provocative and insightful series, fish palaeontologist Neil Shubin explores how the human body carries the legacy of animals that lived millions of. Drawing on findings from paleontology, genetics and developmental biology, Your Inner Fish describes the evolutionary history of the human body, tracing it back to the fish.

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin