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From Publishers Weekly
Fish paleontologist Shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the human body evolved into its present state. Parsing the millennia-old genetic history of the human form is a natural project for Shubin, who chairs the department of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago and was co-discoverer of Tiktaalik, a 375-million-year-old fossil fish whose flat skull and limbs, and finger, toe, ankle and wrist bones, provide a link between fish and the earliest land-dwelling creatures. Shubin moves smoothly through the anatomical spectrum, finding ancient precursors to human teeth in a 200-million-year-old fossil of the mouse-size part animal, part reptile tritheledont; he also notes cellular similarities between humans and sponges. Other fossils reveal the origins of our senses, from the eye to that wonderful Rube Goldberg contraption the ear. Shubin excels at explaining the science, making each discovery an adventure, whether it's a Pennsylvania roadcut or a stony outcrop beset by polar bears and howling Arctic winds. I can imagine few things more beautiful or intellectually profound than finding the basis for our humanity... nestled inside some of the most humble creatures that ever lived, he writes, and curious readers are likely to agree. Illus. (Jan. 15)
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作者简介
尼尔•叔宾是野外博物馆的馆长，同时也是芝加哥大学解冲学教授，还担任系主任的职位。他分别在哥伦比亚大学，哈佛大学和加州伯克利大学受过教育，现住芝加哥。
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书是好的。国内买不到原版，翻译的也就将就，忍了。插图太差劲了。想想出版社为了薄利多销，肯翻译，能出来，就不错了，再次忍了。天朝的人们都不热爱科学，习惯了。
评分书是好的。国内买不到原版，翻译的也就将就，忍了。插图太差劲了。想想出版社为了薄利多销，肯翻译，能出来，就不错了，再次忍了。天朝的人们都不热爱科学，习惯了。
评分先表扬一下封面设计，个人感觉比原版好看，更非学术化，适应中国国情。 接着就是批评了。翻译太差。 译者很很可能不是生物学背景的。也许是因为太忠于原文，他/她的语言对于一本科普畅销书来说也太生硬拗口无趣。插图的注释与原文似乎并不是出自一人之手，一些专业名词并不相...
评分书是好的。国内买不到原版，翻译的也就将就，忍了。插图太差劲了。想想出版社为了薄利多销，肯翻译，能出来，就不错了，再次忍了。天朝的人们都不热爱科学，习惯了。
评分关于进化论，我的所知仅是皮毛。两年前，我所持就的观点依然是“物竞天择，适者生存”，只知道达尔文的所说一定是正确的，因为中学的生物老师说他是对的。我从未获取到关于进化论的过多知识，待达尔文诞辰200周年几近落幕时，才发现读进化论的书，真是一知半解的很。更何况，一...
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知乎Lewind推荐。
评分好读 好玩
评分3.5，挺好玩的，但是行文总感觉像写给高中生的
评分highly recommend
评分本书的中心思想就是"we were not designed rationally, but are products of convoluted history"，读完有种把基础生物课用大白话都复习了一遍的感觉，顺便了解了一些关于paleontology的内容，还蛮有意思的。书后列举了书内引用过的原始资料和文章，特别实用。
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