Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, (Paperback)

from JBD1

A basic, approachable look at human evolution, including some very interesting sections on the possible and convoluted origins of certain health issues (hiccups, hernias). Shubin's got a reasonably funny sense of humor and keeps the book moving along at a good, brisk pace.

from nancenwv

An engaging tour of human evolution. He answered a lot of things I have wondered about as a curious science layperson- like how and why did this move toward specialized multi-celled bodies begin and how could an eyeball ever evolve? While Shubin shared the excitement of paleontologists unwrapping...

from jasonlf

The title and cover warrant five stars. But the rest of the book was more like three and a half stars. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the scientific process and how paleontologists go about finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. I also liked the way the author brought together...

from Devil_llama

A fun exploration of human evolution, tracing our relationship with the fish. This is a good way to find a new approach to human evolution, which all too often is obsessed with the other primates only, and neglects our fishy lineage.

from lantolin15

Your Inner Fish is an excellent book for those who are interested in paleontology and anatomy. Shubin accounts for his team's own discovery with an in depth analysis of the evolution of humans from the very beginning of life on Earth. This makes the accredits the discovery by making it seem like ...