Chapter Two;

"Getting A Grip"

Shubin focuses mainly on how the hand, which isn't a significant size compared to the rest of the human body, still plays an important role in everyday life. As I read through the chapter, I started to realize that it is true because we do need our hands to carry out almost every task we do or at least attempt.

What interested me the most was "Owen's one bone-two bones-lotsa blobs-digits arrangement" because Owens was able to prove that most animals have the same bone structure not only in the upper arm, forearm, wrist, and hand, but also in the skull and backbones. It caught my attention that no matter what animal compared to human, we all have the same bone structure even though we do not look similar. It really made me think that maybe I can have the same bone structure as my dog, which scared me but interested me at the same time.

-Briana Fauni