chapter one: finding your inner fish

Starting the book Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin, with no expectations, I was amazed to learn all the time and effort field paleontologists must put in to find the evidence and information that they obtain. I never really put much thought into how fossils are found and always thought it was kind of a test of luck; a random event that happened as a coincidence. However, Shubin states that to find the fossil of an animal that would complete his theory, his team used a process of elimination and after they decided on their location, it took them many years before their actual discovery. This chapter made me realize how passionate some people can be and how hard they work to pursue it. It makes me look forward to the many discoveries Shubin will make throughout this book.

--Joyce Kim