Book - Some Assembly Required: Decoding 4 Billion Years of Life, by Neil Shubin

Hardback, 270 pages, published 2020. Black-and-white photos and illustrations. Excellent used condition, still like new. No writing, no highlights, no dog-ears. Tight binding and all pages are intact. "An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth, from the best-selling paleontologist and professor of anatomy Neil Shubin." "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. Neil Shubin takes readers on an extraordinary journey of discovery spanning centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity." 🧬 🥰 You may know Shubin from the PBS series Your Inner Fish. I also have a Poshmark listing for the book Your Inner Fish, if you're a Shubin fan. 🐟 🙂 🐟