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Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin
An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national bestseller, Your Inner Fish, this extraordinary journey of discovery spans centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity.Fossils, DNA, scientists with a penchant for suits of armor--what's not to love?--BC Wildlife Magazine Over billions of years, ancient fish evolved to walk on land, reptiles transformed into birds that fly, and apelike primates evolved into humans that walk on two legs, talk, and write. For more than a century, paleontologists have traveled the globe to find fossils that show how such changes have happened. We have now arrived at a remarkable moment--prehistoric fossils coupled with new DNA technology have given us the tools to answer some of the basic questions of our existence: How do big changes in evolution happen? Is our presence on Earth the product of mere chance? This new science reveals a multibillion-year evolutionary history filled with twists and turns, trial and error, accident and invention. In Some Assembly Required, Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery spanning centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity.
Neil Shubin is the author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, which was named the best book of the year by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009. Shubin is associate dean of biological sciences at the University of Chicago, with degrees from Columbia, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley. He was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781101871331 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101871334 |
| Title | Some Assembly Required |
| Author | Neil Shubin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2020-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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