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data-title="Your-Inner-Fish-A-Journey-into-the-3-5-Billion-Year-History-of-the-Human-Body" target="_top" class="" >Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body</a></h2></div><div class="pagecard_messages"><div class="lt_scoreboard "><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 11 Works</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 3,343 Members</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-feather-alt" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 94 Reviews</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-star" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 1 Favorited</span></div></div></div></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_about_author" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_7bdd" data-caret-id="tdc_u_7bdd" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_761a" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("about_author", 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class="reviews note">, 73 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13257540" data-workid="13257540" data-title="The-Universe-Within-Discovering-the-Common-History-of-Rocks-Planets-and-People" class="" >The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> <span class="copies note">364 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 13 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23687528" data-workid="23687528" data-title="Some-Assembly-Required-Decoding-Four-Billion-Years-of-Life-from-Ancient-Fossils-to-DNA" class="" >Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA</a> <span class="date">(2020)</span> <span class="copies note">272 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 8 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18638074" data-workid="18638074" data-title="Your-Inner-Fish-meet-the-ancestors-you-never-knew-you-had" class="" >Your 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src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307378438.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307378438.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307378438.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/13257540" data-workid="13257540" data-title="The-Universe-Within-Discovering-the-Common-History-of-Rocks-Planets-and-People" class="" >The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History…</a> by <a href="/author/shubinneil">Neil Shubin</a></div></div><div class="" >This being the second time I've read this I can freely state that I was reacquainted with some of the names and accomplishments of geologists that I'd forgotten. As having been a biology major, with an affect also toward chemistry and physics, books of this nature that present in an accessible manner serve to expand my views of the natural world, what makes it work, and how those that have researched that working have ascertained what it is that we know.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_beea61ef" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275561447" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span 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via the process of descent-with-modification.<br>Sprinkled here and there with some witty humor and other subtle innuendos, the author creates a vivid portrait of what has made all of use through eons of biological evolutionary forces.</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_287a129d" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_275561403" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275561403"> </span> </span><span 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know, or stimulate those who do not understand or even who might have in the past rejected biological evolution as being possible to again delve into the field.<br>Abounding in vignettes of the discoveries and the temerity of those who spent their professional lives in the pursuit of portions <u class="showmore_hide">of the inner working of organism, of cells, of the DNA molecule, Dr. Shubin's text is clean, clear, and immensely comprehensible.<br>A must for old biology majors like me and for those who want to have an intro into the subject.<br><br>Note: My first read of this was right after the book was released in early 2020, and have just completed a re-read in May 2022.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_b350525f');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_1aac8014" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" 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