He uses analogy well in clarifying points for instance, he compares the complexity of a smell made of many molecules to a musical chord made of many notes (p. Shubin makes this story accessible by maintaining a tight focus on the essentials of each topic while minimizing his use of technical terms. Your Inner Fish seeks to reveal the evolutionary history of humans as we travel down the branches of our family tree toward its trunk, passing fossils such as Tiktaalik and finding our “inner fish” along the way. Yet another child shouted “Maybe it is both.” Tiktaalik’s message is so straightforward even preschoolers can see it (p. Choosing the raised hand of one of these kids, I heard: No, no it isn’t a crocodile, it is a fish, because it has scales and fins. Other children started to voice their dissent. When queried why, he said that like a crocodile or lizard it has a flat head with eyes on top. The first child said it was a crocodile or an alligator. Or me the greatest moment of the whole media blitz was. In 2006, Neil Shubin made history when he announced his discovery of a “missing link”: a new fossil species showing characteristics that bridge the evolutionary gap between two different types of organisms. Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin.
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