Question

why does Shubin write so much about neck fossils in your inner fish book?

Answer 1

Neil Shubin, is Professor of Anatomy at the University of Chicago? and in his book " Your inner fish" seeks to explain human as a product of constant evoluton from a single cell.

It is a book that emphasizes on a common origin for the body parts of all animals including humans.

To convince the readers about this point, the author claims that embryos from all creatures have a similar structure at the initial stages and contain four swelling in the neck that lead to formation of different body parts.

Hence in his book, a lot of time is spent on comparing neck fossils.