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Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who serves as a professor at the University of Chicago. In 2004, he co-led the expedition that discovered Tiktaalik roseae in the Canadian Arctic, a transitional fossil from the Late Devonian period showing both fish and tetrapod anatomical features. He is also the author of the popular science book Your Inner Fish and hosted a corresponding PBS documentary series.
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What fossil is Neil Shubin famous for discovering?
Neil Shubin co-discovered the fossil of Tiktaalik roseae in the Canadian Arctic in 2004. This creature is a crucial transitional fossil that exhibits traits of both fish and early land-dwelling tetrapods.
What book did Neil Shubin write about human evolution?
Neil Shubin wrote the popular science book *Your Inner Fish* in 2008. The book explores the evolutionary history of the human body and explains how our anatomy connects to ancient fish and other prehistoric creatures.
Where does Neil Shubin work?
Neil Shubin is a professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago. He also holds the title of provost at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Where did Neil Shubin find Tiktaalik?
Shubin and his team discovered Tiktaalik in the sedimentary rocks of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Arctic Canada. They purposefully searched this region because its exposed Devonian-age rocks were the perfect age to hold transitional fish-tetrapod fossils.
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