As mentioned from previous posts, i too have noticed how easy and simple Shubin wrote this book. On such a complex and confusing topic like evolution, this book makes it easy to understand the subject. It's as if this book was meant for students to just pick up and easily learn about evolution.
Also, when Shubin writes about his quest of finding the Tiktaalik, it really opened my eyes on archeology and paleontology. It has shattered my belief that paleontologists just randomly choose a spot to work and hoped that spot would yield a fossil or bone. His work has shown me that finding these kinds of discoveries is a complex process from choosing a site to search to actually trying to find fossils, even if luck plays a key role.
Moreover, i find it really interesting how the Tiktaalik resembles us.
Though he briefly mentions it, the fact that this organism's fins resembles the anatomy of our arm is truly amazing. To even think that we even came from a fish-like thing blows my mind away. And to think weeks before i got this book, i thought we all came from monkeys...well not anymore. Anyways, this is one of the most interesting books i've ever read for science and i can't wait to read on :)
-Bryant Wong
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I agree with you about Shubin's writing style. He makes the topic of evolution seem easy to understand.
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