Your Inner Fish

Why do we look the way we do What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way 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 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 Your Inner Fish is science writing at its finest enlightening, accessible, and told with irresistible enthusiasm. Download Your Inner Fish author Neil Shubin – kino-fada.fr How are embryos like fossils How did we come to have the hands, arms, heads, bone structures, ears, eyes and many of the other parts we have It turns out that homo sap is a very jury rigged critter, an accumulation of biological compromises and re purposed parts One can look at fossils to see how we got from there, waaaay back there, to here, and one can also find, in comparing embryos of different species, evidence of our developmental history DNA tells tales Neil Shubin follows both paths How are embryos like fossils How did we come to have the hands, arms, heads, bone structures, ears, eyes and many of the other parts we have It turns out that homo sap is a very jury rigged critter, an accumulation of biological compromises and re purposed parts One can look at fossils to see how we got from there, waaaay back there, to here, and one can also find, in comparing embryos of different species, evidence of our developmental history DNA tells tales Neil Shubin follows both paths on his road to our past in a book that demonstrates popular science writing at its best.There is a wealth of fascinating material in this easy to read book on how human anatomy came to be Paleontology, like Con Edison, swears by the motto Dig we Must Shubin offers a quick intro into how one decides where one should dig to increase the odds of finding what you are looking for He should know Currently both a professor at the..., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,2014, , ,, , , , ,, 365 , 385, ,375 , , ,, 200, view spoiler hide spoiler This really was a pleasure another book recommended by Wendy although what I liked most about it was possibly not the most obvious things about the book From very early on I was in a bit of a world of my own and had started to wonder what to make of the fact that palaeontologists tend to make such wonderful science writers I ve said it before, but I think Gould is a better writer than Dawkins and that is a big statement for me, as I tend to prefer an English voice over an American one I This really was a pleasure another book recommended by Wendy although what I liked most about it was possibly not the most obvious things about the book From very early on I was in a bit of a world of my own and had started to wonder what to make of the fact that palaeontologists tend to make such wonderful science writers I ve said it before, but I think Gould is a better writer than Dawkins and that is a big statement for me, as I tend to prefer an English voice over an American one I don t mean that to be rude, but there are manysimilarities between British English and Australian English than I think there are with American English but Gould is in a class of his own I get Gould, I understand him muchreadily than I understand other science writers and I think this is because I really understand his notions of development and change His book, Life s Grandeur or Full House in the States is perhaps one of the greatest books on evolution e....19 .21 .24 .24 .19 .21 .24 .24 .38 .47 .110 .206This book delivered exactly what I wanted an explanation of evolution from fish and before really to man in layman s terms, but not moron layman well spoken layman I had so many ah ha moments while reading this book that my head began to spin a little, but in a good way For instance, when I used to think about evolution the hardest part for me to wrap my mind around was the slow prog...It was refreshing to see recent and not so recent discoveries about evolution of the body and brain put into an accessible book My medium rating reflects the limited impact I got from the book due to a former career in developmental neurobiology and past reading of inspired writing on evolution from the likes of Gould, Dawkins, and Wilson Still it s sexy and cool to hear about how structures evolved for one purpose get adapted for new functions when opportunities for expansion of life emerge It was refreshing to see recent and not so recent discoveries about evolution of the body and brain put into an accessible book My medium rating reflects the limited impact I got from the book due to a former career in developmental neurobiology and past reading of inspired writing on evolution from the likes of Gould, Dawkins, and Wilson Still it s sexy and cool to hear about how structures evolved for one purpose get adapted for new functions when opportunities for expansion of life emerge Thus it was for fish making the transition to land life as amphibians by repurposing bony structures of fins as forms that comprise bones of the limbs and paws hands That Shubin was involved in finding the rare fossils of transition forms above the Arctic circle brings some valuable auth...30 39 59 1 13 189 11 25 55 26 44 61 65 50 115 126 67 88 If you have a semi extensive science background, you ll probably find this book annoyingly vague Lots of handwaving, little in the way of explanatory detail.If you re a fan of well written scientific prose, you ll definitely be driven around the bend The author was chosen to write this book because he made a terrific discovery in northern Canada a few years back a key ...There are lots of titles out there in American bookstores that see the need to defend the idea of evolution from the claims of creationism and intelligent design But this book is not one of them Shubin assumes that you accept evolution to be a fact about the world and gets on with it He is a fish paleontologist who teaches anatomy to first year medical students at the University of Chicago If that sounds strange, it won t so much after you ve read his book Paleontology and comparative anato There are lots of titles out there in American bookstores that see the need to ...

• English
• 01 August 2017
Neil Shubin
• Hardcover
• 229 pages
• 0375424474
• Neil Shubin
• Your Inner Fish