Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Methodology and Conclusions

«Your Inner Fish» by Neil Shubin is an enthralling narrative about how the human body carries the stories of life's evolution on Earth over billions of years. The author shares his discoveries from years of excavations in the most remote corners of the planet, demonstrating how the remains of ancient organisms helped him and his colleagues uncover the mysteries of the origins of key human body structures. The book is enriched with detailed descriptions of research expeditions where fossils linking humans to ancient fish were found, and evidence of how these findings change our understanding of evolutionary connections. Shubin concludes that every part of the human body has a long history of evolutionary development, reflecting our shared origins with other animals, and that understanding this connection reveals astonishing aspects of the anatomy and physiology of all living beings.