When I started to read chapter 2, I thought to myself, "This is getting pretty intense." It seems to me that I'm getting more and more persuaded that my belief that evolution is not true is wrong.
At first when Shubin introduced the event of dissecting a human being, I could relate because I have been to the cadavars and I had an idea of what was going on. When I saw the picture of the "one bone, followed by two bones, then little blobs," I was still a little skeptical. I thought that maybe the bone structure was common in all animals because it was the most advantageous way for the skeleton to be formed, but when Shubin explains how they found the transitional fish that had the fish-like fins and the human-like wrists, I started wondering if evolution is true. The evidence seems to be very convincing on how the creatures actually changed through a period of time. I also thought how the Tiktaalik could do push-ups was pretty amazing. I am looking forward to how closer Shubin gets to showing us how we connect to these ancient creatures.
-John So
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John you have seen cadavers? That is really cool! I agree with you, at first I didn't really believe in evolution, and especially evolving from fishes? It kind of seemed impossible to my naked eye; however, after reading two chapters of Your Inner Fish has truly changed all of my beliefs. Also, I thought the push ups was really cool, too! Isn't it amazing to read about fishes who can do push ups? Like how many people in the world even know that fishes who could have done push ups used to swim in the streams and seas? I am really glad we are reading this book, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the book! :)
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