Ch 1: Finding Your Inner Fish

Like what everyone else said, Shubin described his experience looking for the fossils in an easy way to understand. I liked how he wrote it as if the events were happening at that moment, like when he talked about the steps of finding a good site to dig for fossils. I didn't know there were so many things to consider before choosing a site, like the age of the rocks and the age of the things being searched for.
Still, I wasn't too interested in reading about his discovery of Tiktaalik because discovering the connection between land and water animals isn't of great interest to me. I don't really understand why it is so important to find our origins, because I don't think it would make a difference in my life personally. I don't really agree with him on the whole matter, which is kind of why I thought it was unusual for him to search for 6 years in the Arctic. But this allowed me to understand how passionate and interested Shubin is in his work.
But still, the fossils he found are credible evidence for the idea that the anatomy of humans relate to fish. So overall, this chapter was interesting because it explored ideas and possibilities that I never really cared to think about. (:
-Sarah You