Pictured above: The official State fossil of Tennessee: Pterotrigonia thoracica, from Coon Creek, Cretaceous, 70 million years ago.
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Humans are strange and complex creations, and much of our body's design is a legacy of our evolutionary past. Skilled science author Neil Shubin is on a quest to get to the true origin story of our vertebrate body plan -- a trip that will take you back to the primordial seas when the first muddy amphibians struggled ashore. An enjoyable 288 pages that will make you see something new and miraculous the next time you look in the mirror. |
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