![]() ![]() Shubin and colleagues have contributed much to our understanding of the origin of vertebrate limbs with digits. Shubin describes the magic of anatomical dissection and the fundamental homologies among limbs of different vertebrates. ![]() I empathize with those descriptions, which illustrate the serendipitous nature of finding fossils and also the predictability that is possible when researchers have done their homework. Written largely in the first person, this lively and convincing account begins with an exposition of the logic underlying the fields of anatomy and stratigraphy (geological study of the stratification of sediment and rock) mixed with Shubin’s experiences of the terrors and triumphs of paleontological field work. ![]()
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