Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by:
Neil Shubin
in:
Biology
Summary:
The book explores the deep evolutionary connections between the human body and ancient fish, tracing the development of various anatomical features through the fossil record and genetic links. It reveals how our limbs, ears, and other organs share a fundamental heritage with distant aquatic ancestors.
Key points:
1. Evolutionary Link: Shubin shows our deep evolutionary link to other organisms, tracing our body features back to fish and earlier life forms using the Tiktaalik fossil fish example.
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