Ch. 7 - Adventures In Bodybuilding

Chapter 7 was one of my favorite chapters in this book. Shubin talked about so many things about our body that I thought were fun and interesting. Once again, he made everything as simple as possible in order for the readers to understand easily. I love it when he makes analogies and compares difficult topics to things that we can relate to like in this quote, "A great analogy for the workings of our skeletons is a bridge" (124). My favorite part was when he was talking about the timeline of animals since the Precambrian period. I think it is amazing how all the parts of our body like the cells and tissues are able to work together as one system and keep balance within it. Also it's weird how we can compare and relate ourselves to creatures such as placozoans and sponges. All in all I thought this chapter was one of the most fun and informative chapters in the novel so far.