At the same time Shubin lifts up his nose, swivels his eyes, appreciates music, ponders on the contortions of the male reproductive system, even addresses hiccups, and in each case he tells a compelling evolutionary story. As he seizes it, his hand, transformed from what was once a fishy fin, provides a powerful example of what evolution is capable of. We learn about our own bodies in seemingly bizarre places, ranging from the fossils of worms and fish recovered from rocks from around the world to the DNA in. "In a book that unpacks the history in our bones, Neil Shubin, a distinguished evolutionary biologist based in Chicago, takes up the baton. "Recommended, especially for those with little knowledge of natural science and for those who were ever, even momentarily confused by the ideas of "intelligent design"." "Your inner fish will make you think about your organs in ways you have never considered before." – Carl Zimmer, Nature (Vol 451, January 2008) He invesitgates the hic-cup, the result of a tortuous nervous system." Also, that hangovers explain how our ears evolved from sensory cells on the surface of fish. He notes how networks of genes for simple traits can expand and diversify until they build new complex structures such as heads. "Shubin inspects our eyeballs, noses and hands to demonstrate how much we have in common with other animals.
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