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By Shubin, Neil2009., Vintage Books Call No: HI-INT 611 SHU Edition: First Vintage Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. By examining fossils and DNA, Shubin shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome look and function like those of worms and bacteria.--From publisher description.
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[2014], c2014., 54, Films Media Group Call No: Life Science NF PBS This is an electronic video available via Amazon. See the Durgee librarian to access this resource. Series Title: Your Inner Fish.Summary Note: Have you ever wondered why our bodies look the way they do? In this three part series, paleobiologist Neil Shubin sets out to find the answers in a surprising place: the ancient animal ancestors that shaped our anatomy. In Your Inner Fish , he and his colleagues discover a fossilized fish, known as Tiktaalik, that had enough strength in its front fins to heave itself out of the water 375 million years ago. Remarkably, we can trace the ancestry of our own hands and arms back to these fins. Viewers also meet the scientists who discovered the DNA recipe for constructing the human hand - an essential gene shared today with a surprising number of other animals.
