Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Pantheon Books
Place
Date
Circa 2008
Physical Description
229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
9780375424472
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist, 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.
Public Access Text
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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