Dreading Fishy Stories? Chapter One

As everyone has said before me, I was not interested in the least to read this book. I thought it was going to be a boring, worthless book trying to convince me I'm a fish. Just like any book, fiction or nonfiction, this book took me awhile to get in to it and understand its purpose. Shubin seemed to continue on and on about how interesting fossils from many millions of years ago are but then I realized I hadn't passed the first few pages.

The illustrations helped me understand the topics throughout the chapter and summed up everything he had been talking about. It was hard to put the book down after page ten. The local discoveries in Pennsylvania made me wonder whether Los Angeles or even the old farm fields of Buena Park lay on any important artifacts/fossils.

The extent to which people go to prove the theory of evolution is fascinating at the same time shocking. I still don't believe humans originated from fish, but maybe Shubin may change my mind as I continue to read about his "fishy" discoveries.