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Come join our monthly Book Club! This month we're reading "Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body" by Neil Shubin.Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? 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. 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.
Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light. Your Inner Fish is science writing at its finest-enlightening, accessible, and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
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