Neil Shubin
Neil Shubin
Neil Shubinis an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. He is best known for his discovery of Tiktaalik roseae...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth22 December 1960
looking lots saw
We were always looking over our shoulders; we saw lots of tracks.
began rock
When we got back into the lab, we removed the rock from the bone, and we began to find some really significant stuff.
arctic bears carry eat food polar
Another thing to get used to in the Arctic is being in the food chain. There are polar bears there, and polar bears eat people. So we carry weapons.
creature
Here is a creature with fins that can do push-ups.
fish shows surprising
It is a fish that shows a surprising combination of characteristics of land-living animals.
convoluted products
We were not designed rationally, but are products of a convoluted history.