Shubin, Neil.
Summary: Traces the unique qualities of the human species to astronomical events that occurred billions of years ago, revealing how the molecular development of human life can be linked to the evolution of the cosmos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 SHUShubin, Neil
Summary: "The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals live and how their bodies are organized: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 SHUShubin, Neil.
Summary: From one of our finest and most popular science writers, the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery story as big as the world itself: How have astronomical events that took place millions of years ago created the unique qualities of the human species? In his last book, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human anatomy--our hands, our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013
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Shubin, Neil.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 611 SHUSummary: Reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is a story of life on Earth. This scientific adventure story takes viewers from Ethiopia to the Arctic Circle on a hunt for the many ways that our animal ancestors shaped our anatomical destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014