At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
by Carl Zimmer
At the Water's Edge explores the evolutionary history captured in its subtitle: fish developing fingers, whales retaining evidence of legs, and life making the extraordinary journey from water to land and back to the sea. Carl Zimmer presents a science-focused look at these transformations and their significance.
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At the Water's Edge examines the evolutionary connections between aquatic and terrestrial life.
The book focuses on the transitions suggested by fish with fingers and whales with legs.
It considers how life came ashore and later returned to the sea.
Carl Zimmer presents a science-focused account of these major changes in the history of life.
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