Your Inner Fish

Neil Shubin

RRP: £9.99

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP

Publication Date : 29/01/2009

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

The extraordinary history of the human body, drawing on the latest research to show the incredible impact of 3.5 billion years of evolutionary progress. Authoritative and very readable, this takes the reader on a fascinating and unexpected journey. Reviews for the hardback were strong. 'Stunning case histories... dazzling work... Shubin's style is light and easygoing' "Guardian"

Publisher's description:

Why do we look the way we do? Why are we able to do all the different things we do? And, finally, why do we fall ill in the way that we do? This book tells the history of the human body and provides answers to some of the questions that only evolution can.

ISBN: 9780141027586