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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Plants and animals don’t change by creating new traits – they reuse old ones.
Chapter 3: Embryos reveal how change unfolds – in individuals and in species.
Chapter 4: Tiny glitches in the genome can lead to enormous effects.
Chapter 5: Changes in genes and their modification have powered astonishing evolution.
Chapter 6: Copying, mutating, leaping, and even hunting define the human genome.
Chapter 7: Even with a different evolutionary path, many results would be similar.
Description
Some Assembly Required (2020) is an approachable account of the great transformations in the history of life. Paleontologist Neil Shubin started his career looking to fossils for the answers to life’s greatest questions – but with recent scientific advancements, he argues that studying DNA reveals more about the journey we took to become human.
Who Should Listen
- People interested in the history of evolution
- Science enthusiasts
- Anyone who loves an amazing factoid