Your inner fish
Subtitle: a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body
By: Neil Shubin.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780307277459
Subjects: Human anatomy -- Popular works; Human evolution -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding your inner fish; title: Getting a grip; title: Handy genes; title: Teeth everywhere; title: Getting ahead; title: The best-laid (body) plans; title: Adventures in bodybuilding; title: Making scents; title: Vision; title: Ears; title: The meaning of it all; title: Epilogue.