TITLE:
Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / Neil Shubin.
By:
Publication Date:
2008
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books,
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
229 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.
Summary:
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? 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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780375424472
