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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
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Manufacturer: Pantheon
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 611
EAN: 9780375424472
ISBN: 0375424474
Label: Pantheon
Manufacturer: Pantheon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2008-01-15
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date: 2008-01-15
Studio: Pantheon
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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.
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Summary: chordate anatomy made bearable, even interesting
Comment: I am enjoying reading this, 30 years after taking a course covering much of the portion of the book I have so far completed. The authors enthusiasm for the subject and articulate writing style would make this a good read for anyone with out a lot of biology background who wants to have a better understanding of form and function and how it came to be.
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Summary: Facinating Read!
Comment: Wow! What a smashing blow to the creationist?! Well, I am a creationist but this book gave me many things to consider.
So, the the Tiktaalik is a transitional form. I would like to hear a creationist answer to this!
Also, The same basic gene can be moved from one creature to another to produce the "hand" - or, the fin in the case of a shark.
This book helps to "connect the dots" of how similar all living beings are. It lays it out in such a way that I must say seems like a masterful tapestry of life we have here on earth!
You cannot help but be awestruck by the facts as presented here. Very fine piece of work and helped me to put many of the pieces together.
Of course, I'm waiting for a creationist answer for some of these items. Well, I'm an old earth creationist and can see no problem with the eons of time.
Whatever your persuasion, this book is a real page-turner! NO kidding!
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Summary: Terrible
Comment: What a waste. Ok, if you know NOTHING about evolution or palentology, then this book might be acceptable but, otherwise, its a terrible bore. I got half way through and, finding nothing really new or interesting, I could justify finishing. Let me summarize the book for you and save you some money: people evolved from fish and thus there are similarities between us and fish. There you go. Save your money.
Not recommended.
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Summary: Engaging non-specialist treatment
Comment: This was a page-turner, only very occasionally clunky in style. This book made me realize how spotty and out-of-date my training in biology is. It also left me wanting more, which has got to be a good sign for a science book meant for the general public. So now I'm on a hunt for more books on paleontology, embryology, evolution, and DNA
When I was quite young, they showed us an animated documentary in school called something like "Hemo the Magnificent," about the evolution of multi-celled creatures in seawater and the preservation of many aspects of seawater in the bloodstreams of land animals. While most of my public elementary school education is a blur, that documentary stuck with me; I still can remember whole sections of it. This book, aimed at adults instead of children, struck me in the same way.
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Summary: Wonderful tour through evolution
Comment: If you want to find out how you are similar to a jellyfish, read this book! Its view of human embryonic development and our relationship to other species is lucid and fascinating. The author is a paleontologist and anatomy professor who can really write. This is a great read for anyone from teenagers to octagenarians.
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