Shubin relays all this exciting evidence and reasoning so clearly that no general-interest library should be without this book.' -Booklist(starred review) 'A skillful writer, paleontologist Shubin conveys infectious enthusiasm. A crackerjack comparative anatomist, he uses his find to launch a voyage of discovery about the evolutionary evidence we can readily see at hand. Well, paleontologist Shubin actually discovered one. Shubin is not only a distinguished scientist, but a wonderfully lucid and elegant writer he is an irrepressibly enthusiastic teacher whose humor and intelligence and spellbinding narrative make this book an absolute delight.Your Inner Fishis not only a great read it marks the debut of a science writer of the first rank.' -Oliver Sacks, 'The antievolution crowd is always asking where the missing links in the descent of man are. In telling the story of why we are who we are, Shubin does more than show us our inner fish he awakens and excites the inner scientist in us all.' -Pauline Chen, author ofFinal Exam 'Your Inner Fishis my favorite sort of book-an intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human. And who knows? Maybe one or two of them will have had their first taste of the marvels of human evolution in Neil Shubin's anatomy class.' -Los Angeles Times 'With infectious enthusiasm, unfailing clarity, and laugh-out-loud humor, Neil Shubin has created a book on paleontology, genetics, genomics, and anatomy that is almost impossible to put down. Future researchers, aware that the ingredients of our evolutionary precursors are part of the human recipe, may well find new ways to prevent the wear and tear on our fish-begotten bodies. 'A delightful introduction to our skeletal structure, viscera and other vital parts-and evidence that learning the secrets of the human body need not unhinge you.

Evolution your inner fish