Spreading Knowledge and Wonder
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Spreading Knowledge and Wonder
Fans of TV science programs were likely captivated by the documentary about human evolution that premiered on PBS stations in 2014. ‘‘Your Inner Fish’’ provided a guided tour of the human body and where its many features came from— color vision and brain anatomy from primates, teeth and skin and hair from ancient reptiles, necks and fingers and eyes from primordial fish. The three-part series c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.051