Copyright © 2020 by Neil Shubin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Name: Shubin, Neil, author.

Title: Some assembly required: decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019022792. ISBN 9781101871331 (hardcover). ISBN 9781101871348 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Life—Origin. Paleontology. Evolution (Biology)

Classification: LCC QH325 .S544 2020 | DDC 576.8—dc23

LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/​2019022792

Ebook ISBN 9781101871348

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Original illustrations by Kalliopi Monoyios

Cover images from Die Vergleichende Osteologie, Bonn, 1821 (details). AAA Collection/Historic Images/Alamy

Cover design by Perry De La Vega

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