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Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin — WisdomDeck honest review

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Some Assembly Required

by Neil Shubin

How great evolutionary transitions happen: repurposing, duplication, viruses in our genome. Shubin on the mechanics of change.

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you want to know how evolution builds new things.

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you have not read Your Inner Fish.

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Three things you will actually use

Nothing is built from scratch.
Duplicate and repurpose.
Viruses helped make us.

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Read the chapter on repurposing.

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Shubin on invention.

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