[Your Inner Fish: The Amazing Discovery of Our 375-Million-Year-Old Ancestor] [By: Shubin, Neil] [January, 2009]

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish.Neil Shu...