Your Inner Fish
The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ancestor
Penguin
Paperback
: 29 Jan 2009
£9.99
Synopsis
Your Inner Fish tells the extraordinary history of the human body and gives answers to some of the questions that only evolution can. Why do we look the way we do? Why are we able to do all the different things we do? And, finally, why do we fall ill in the way that we do? Neil Shubin draws on the latest genetic research and his huge experience as an expeditionary paleontologist to show the incredible impact the 3.5 billion year history of life has had on our bodies. He takes readers on a fascinating, unexpected journey and allows us to discover the deep connection to nature in our own bodies.
Reviews
» Submit a reviewCritic Review:
'Profoundly fascinating …a magisterial work...if you want to understand the evolutionary history of man and other animals read this'
Financial Times
'Stunning case histories…dazzling work ... Shubin's style is light and easygoing'
Guardian
Simple, passionate writing…a twenty-first-century anatomy lesson'
Nature
'Fascinating…his conclusions take our history back to scarcely conceivable eras and forms'
New Statesman
'A compelling evolutionary story... that unpacks the history of our bones'
New Scientist
'An intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human'
Oliver Sacks
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141027586
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 256
Published : 29 Jan 2009
Publisher : Penguin
Your Inner Fish
The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ancestor
£9.99
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