Your Inner Fish is science writing at its finest-enlightening, accessible, and told with irresistible enthusiasm. Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light. 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. 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. In 2019, Shubin was named the recipient of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer Award. Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin: 9780307277459 : Books The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the fish with hands, tells a compelling scientific adventure. 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. WHEN TO WATCH How did your body become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago and host, PBS, Your Inner Fish. What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly?Īre breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way?
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