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020			_a9781786079428 _qpaperback
020			_z9781786078025 _qebook
040			_aUOC _beng _cUOC _erda
082	0	0	_223 _a576.83 _bNEI
100	1		_93991 _aShubin, Neil _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSome assembly required : _bdecoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / _cNeil Shubin.
250			_aFirst Edition.
264		1	_aLondon : _bOneworld publications, _c2021.
264		4	_c© Neil Shubin 2020.
300			_axii, 267 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aOver billions of years, ancient fish evolved to walk on land, reptiles transformed into birds that fly, and apelike primates evolved into humans that talk and write. For more than a century, paleontologists have searched for links in the fossil record that show how such changes have happened. We have now arrived at a remarkable moment - fossil discoveries coupled with new DNA technology has given us the tools to answer some of the fundamental questions of our existence: Is our presence on Earth the product of mere chance? How do evolutionary leaps happen? This new science reveals a multibillion-year evolutionary history filled with twists and turns, trial and error, accident and invention. In Some Assembly Required, bestselling author of Your Inner Fish Neil Shubin takes readers on a journey of discovery, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins of life's immense diversity.
650		0	_93992 _aEvolution (Biology)
650		0	_93993 _aPaleontology.
650		0	_93994 _aLife _xOrigin.
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