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Have you ever wondered why the human body looks the way it does? Why our hands have five fingers instead of six? Why we walk on two legs instead of four?
Your Inner Fish delves deep into the past to answer these questions.
A fish paleontologist, Neil Shubin, who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the "fish with hands," tells the story of how it took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. By examining fossils, embryos, and DNA he explains how the human body became the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today.
Resources:
SciTech Now: The Topography of Teeth
Works Cited:
PBS: Your Inner Fish - About the Series. (n.d.). Retrieved June 24, 2019, from http://www.pbs.org/your-inner-fish/about/overview/
Shubin, N. (2009). Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-billion-year History of the Human Body. London: Pengiun Books.