Your Inner Fish: The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ances

Have you ever wondered why our bodies look and work and fail the way they do? One of the worlds leading experts in evolutionary history, Neil Shubin reveals that if we want to understand our limbs we should take a close look at Tiktaalik, the first fish capable of doing a push-up; that if we want to know why we hiccup, the answer is in the way fish breathe; and explains why it is that fish teeth are surprisingly similar to human breasts. Your Inner Fish is the unexpected story of human body and of our long journey our long journey out of the water - these and a half billion years in the making. Profoundly fascinating …a magisterial work...if you want to understand the evolutionary history of man and other animals read this Financial Times Stunning case histories…dazzling work ... Shubins style is light and easygoing Guardian Simple, passionate writing…a twenty-first-century anatomy lesson Nature Fascinating…his conclusions take our history back to scarcely conceivable eras and forms New Statesman A compelling evolutionary story... that unpacks the history of our bones New Scientist An intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human Oliver Sacks