Chapter 4: Teeth Everywhere

Chapter 4 was not a very interesting chapter in my opinion. Teeth are only occasionally fascinating to me; for example the teeth of a saber tooth tiger are very impressive. Also, the idea that by looking at teeth, you can tell an animal's lifestyle is intriguing. Shubin evidently had a hard time finding fossils in the beginning, compared to Chuck and Bill. He gives us a look into his lifestyle, and how he learned how to improve at seeing fossils. I found the long process Neil had to go through very impressive. Shubin is passionate about paleontology; he describes the hardships he had to experience as being stressful, but necessary. Neil makes it easy for me, as a reader, to connect with him.