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Author Neil Shubin suggests “that we’re all modified sharks.” Throughout the book he attempts to explain human evolution and why human body works the way it does by drawing upon data from the fossil record, DNA, developmental biology and comparative anatomy. Your objective in reading Shubin’s book is to better-understand the evolution and homology of the human body by looking at homologous structures and body systems of other vertebrate animals, especially fish. For this assignment you will develop a 3-3.5 page essay discussing how considering the “fishy origins” of many of our body systems and anatomical features has helped us understand human anatomy and evolution. Your essay should include multiple examples and lines of evidence to support your conclusions. (This last requirement will lead to you writing a stronger essay and demonstrating to me that you have read the book!) I will evaluate your essay based on content (i.e. well supported and insightful examples and conclusions, synthesis of information and evidence that you have read the book)