Neil Shubin Your Inner Fish Summary

A Neolithic hunter found in 1991 did not seem to appeal my eyes, yet when I learned the discoveries found about one human being who died between 3,350 and 3,3000 B.C.E., I couldn’t wait to keep reading; this article started to get intriguing. I have a passion for career fields that grow rapidly and make new fascinating discoveries. I learned many compelling facts in the reading, I never thought a skeleton could be well preserved in such cold temperatures. Yes his body had changed drastically and was not in the running for the cover of people magazine but the way the human body works is very interesting. I would have loved to be there while analyzing Otzi, truly a life changing experience. Technology determined his health and he may have

When I came into the Corps I was and still am a scrawny kid; five feet seven and one hundred twenty pounds soaking wet. I came to the Corps to be challenged physically and mentally, however, I was not prepared for what I was getting myself into; I joined the Fighting Texas Aggie Fish Drill Team.

Evolution is thought to be acting very slow usually over millions of years. However, it can happen suprisingly quick. In this documentary, we look at a fish that evolved to change its body between two states reversibly multiple times over a few thousands years during the last ice ages. Morever, the documentary exposes the fact that like a single trick pony, this fish has been doing the same evolutionary acrobacy for more than 20 million years successfully. Biologists have observed many examples for gains and losses of characters. Take the blind cave fishes for example. In lightless environments the advantage conferred by the eyes is diminished and there’s no selective pressure to maintain this

For the millions of years that organisms have survived in the Earth’s superficial environments, they have adapted to their surroundings in order to survive. This concept of evolution is firmly asserted with who survives and who is left behind to perish. Many discoveries have affirmed that humans as well as plants and animals have developed over thousands of years to postpone their eradication through various growths. Everything from the segments in their spine to the smallest bone in their ear is a collaboration of their predecessors and their environment. Dr. Neil Shubin has uncovered a new adventure that changes the way that evolution is thought about through his book, Your Inner Fish.

Masters of the Planet is organized historically, and traces the diverse and complicated history of hominids over the past 8 million years. The book begins with the ancient origins of the hominid lineage, it outlines the rise of bipedal apes beginning with Australopithecus (including “Lucy”), the harsh life on the savannah, the multiple emergence from Africa, the spread of early "Homo" throughout the Old World continents, the misunderstood Neanderthals (our distant cousins) and finally the arrival of modern Homo sapiens.

Ever since I was a little I loved to read, my favorite author being Dr. Seuss. He wrote many books such as Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, Oh the Places You’ll Go, Hop on Pop, and Fox in Socks. These titles are not even half of Dr. Seuss’s most popular works, but my all time favorite was One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. His books were always filled with vibrant colors and deep imagination. Although he typically wrote children's books they were always filled with messages that were up for interpretation for people to interpret as they choose.

Stensen wrote his paper in 1667 about his findings in the teeth of a shark head and compared that to the fossil teeth. In the reading, it provided us six hypotheses explaining the formation of fossils. Which led to the foundation of paleontology.

Diversity among species begins at the embryo stage of development. Scientists have found that many of the reasons that species vary, why some fly’s had wing spots and why others did not is because DNA has the genius mechanism of switches. The switches have the ability to turn genes on or off. Finding the exact reason for why some genes are turned on or off is still being studied. Scientists are beginning to see that much of the reason there is such great diversity among species, ones that are similar and those that are completely different, lies in what happens during the growth of the embryo. By studying the Galapagos finch eggs Cliff Tabin was able to view the growth of the finch beaks and see that the exact same gene is responsible for the beak size in the smaller beaked finches and the larger beaked finches. The difference came solely from the degree that the switch was turned on, whether barely on or all the way on, when it is turned off and the precise moment when was the exact indicator for the beak size the finch would receive. It is known however that the body plan switches are the driving force behind what genes get turned on and what genes get turned off. It is amazing that we can find genes that target specific body parts and find genes that are responsible for certain duties, or even why certain genes cause certain disabilities. It is

The concept of evolution has always fascinated me; I was amazed that single celled organisms from many years ago are the reason I’m here today. While I recognized that our ancestors went from a simplistic organism to fish, to mammals, and so on, the details of how each step occurred in our history never really gets mentioned in the evolution section of our general biology courses. I chose to read Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish because I wanted to know the transition of our ancestors in greater detail. I also thought that the book would elaborate on some of the topics discussed in our evolutionary anatomy class and help put them in perspective. Prior to reading the book, I expected it to be very dry – simply explaining evolutionary concepts in

When I saw him look younger I thought this isn’t my grandpa. the first time I saw him when he looked younger I felt confused. But then I saw the ring and knew it was him and thought what happened to you grandpa? When my father suggested what I should wear I thought I’m old enough I can decide what to wear I don’t need you telling me what to wear. And I thought why does it matter you're not in charge of me anymore. Then when he compared Ellie to me when I was younger I thought she is my daughter and she isn’t boy crazy and isn’t anything like me when I was younger. I was about to say she can wear what she wants to wear I’m her mother. I discovered this jellyfish when I was studying them and this guy sent me the jellyfish. So I experimented with this jellyfish and found out that it can help with

I am a competitive fisherman. I possess a skill very few people have. I have been fishing with my dad for as long as I can remember. When I was just a little kid we would go to little ponds and fish from the bank, or we would take his Skeeter bass boat out on big lakes, such as Oneida Lake in NY. A few years back my dad bought a little tin boat to take out on smaller lakes. Over the years we transformed the little tin boat into a make shift bass boat. We installed a full front deck, front mounted trolling motor, and operating live wells. This past year my dad let me use the boat whenever I had time. I took full advantage of this opportunity. Every chance I had I would be on a lake whether it was raining, snowing, or ninety degrees out, as long

Owen’s theory emerged from an observation that determined that all creatures with limbs share a common, grand design, and that the differences were simply based on size and shape. He noticed that whether it was the wings on birds or the legs on frogs, the grand scheme had little variance.

They were able to visualize how Hox genes pattern the animal and conclude that they do pattern the animal. The results showed that each Hox gene promoted a certain characteristic while also suppressing another. For example, Hox11 was able to make the sacral region of the mouse while at the same time suppressing Hox10 so no lumbar vertebrae were made. These interactions allow the correct development of the mouse and ultimately pattern the mouse. I also believe they can be confident with their finding of limbs not being affected by Hox genes. Even though the Hox genes were mutated, the limbs always formed on the same vertebrae. There is not much else one can do to prove that the limbs aren’t associated with the Hox

Angel fish are colorful animals and also cool and it mostly live in florida, and cribbean waters but the sea goblin is weird looking and is a shark also mostly live in japan.

When analyzing the major accomplishments of the 20th century it is imperative to include the achievements in biology, which have revolutionized our understanding of life’s process and of disease. Already in the second half of the 19th century implications to future progress in the biological world were being made. Darwin had outlined the evolution in animal species, Mendel had discovered some basic rules for inheritance, and Weissman and other embryologists were beginning to decipher how an organism develops. (Britannica, 1) However there was one key element missing, how all these advances were correlated? The important information that unified these three fields (heredity, evolution, and development) came at the