Chapter two really got into detail about the hand. The hand is very important in humans everyday lives it enables them to hold objects like pencils to write with, hold hammers to nail pieces of wood together to build houses, and even a simple task like bringing a spoonful of food to our mouths would be impossible without our hands. Also, the rocks between 360 million years-385 million years ago is the time period in which fish start to begin this transmutation from handless to handful. -Emmanuel Morales
I found in this chapter that we humans are closely similar to other animals in the sense of hands. i read that our hand struture is as the same as other animals such as birds,lizards and even whales. i found that this is very strange and yet very interesting. Schyler Tichy
I found the chart on page 31 very interesting! Owen's discovery was amazing! I had no clue that humans and animals were alike in different ways. I liked the fact that the skelital configuration of a peguin was there because that's my favorite animal.
I didnt realize that animals were that close to humans. I like how our arm bones are so similar to those of humans. i found that to be very cooly man lol...
Inoted to myself how biology can become easier with practice, until you are able to connect your own humanity to a kedaver than you just think its a doll (in Shubins words) and once you do then the whole aspects of what you've been learning changes. I liked the in depth detail of how our arms are similar to other animals. -JAKE DIPIETRO
After finding out that animals had similar bone structure a us humans. This chapter also talked about how Owen got to a different position in his job from discovery fossils in the cold to a place where he could stay inside and put all the bones of a fishall together. -Ashley Vargas
I really like the way Shubin describes how we as humans are linked to other species, especially fish. I mean, did anybody guess that we would have something in common with Nemo? His description of the complexity of the hand and how hands are something that only belongs to humans (besides monkeys) was enlightening. I think Sir Charles Bell's description of the hand and how it was designed for the way we live summed it up perfectly. The "one bone- two bone- lotsa blobs- fingers or toes" limb design was interesting to think about because it actually seems true. The fossils like Eusthenepteron and Acanthostega look like something out of a sci-fi film, but they did fill in some of the gaps. And fish with lungs and hands? 'Nuff said.
When you read this chapter you are able to see the transformation that took many years to give us hands. Especially with the kind of visuals Shubin includes it gives you an even greater sense of that. Without hands we wouldn't be able to function in our lives the way we do now. You wouldn't generally think at first that fish had wrists and elbows that could enable them to do push ups.
Chapter two really got into detail about the hand. The hand is very important in humans everyday lives it enables them to hold objects like pencils to write with, hold hammers to nail pieces of wood together to build houses, and even a simple task like bringing a spoonful of food to our mouths would be impossible without our hands. Also, the rocks between 360 million years-385 million years ago is the time period in which fish start to begin this transmutation from handless to handful.
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I found in this chapter that we humans are closely similar to other animals in the sense of hands. i read that our hand struture is as the same as other animals such as birds,lizards and even whales. i found that this is very strange and yet very interesting.
ReplyDeleteSchyler Tichy
I found the chart on page 31 very interesting! Owen's discovery was amazing! I had no clue that humans and animals were alike in different ways. I liked the fact that the skelital configuration of a peguin was there because that's my favorite animal.
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I didnt realize that animals were that close to humans. I like how our arm bones are so similar to those of humans. i found that to be very cooly man lol...
ReplyDeleteInoted to myself how biology can become easier with practice, until you are able to connect your own humanity to a kedaver than you just think its a doll (in Shubins words) and once you do then the whole aspects of what you've been learning changes. I liked the in depth detail of how our arms are similar to other animals.
ReplyDelete-JAKE DIPIETRO
After finding out that animals had similar bone structure a us humans. This chapter also talked about how Owen got to a different position in his job from discovery fossils in the cold to a place where he could stay inside and put all the bones of a fishall together.
ReplyDelete-Ashley Vargas
I really like the way Shubin describes how we as humans are linked to other species, especially fish. I mean, did anybody guess that we would have something in common with Nemo? His description of the complexity of the hand and how hands are something that only belongs to humans (besides monkeys) was enlightening. I think Sir Charles Bell's description of the hand and how it was designed for the way we live summed it up perfectly. The "one bone- two bone- lotsa blobs- fingers or toes" limb design was interesting to think about because it actually seems true. The fossils like Eusthenepteron and Acanthostega look like something out of a sci-fi film, but they did fill in some of the gaps. And fish with lungs and hands? 'Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteWhen you read this chapter you are able to see the transformation that took many years to give us hands. Especially with the kind of visuals Shubin includes it gives you an even greater sense of that. Without hands we wouldn't be able to function in our lives the way we do now. You wouldn't generally think at first that fish had wrists and elbows that could enable them to do push ups.
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