Anatomist and paleontologist Neil Shubin has long been inspired by the hand's architecture and abilities. He traces this quintessentially human feature back in time to when our ancestors were fish living at the water's edge.
Neil Shubin recounts the discovery of an iconic fish fossil in the Canadian Arctic.
See just how much your brain has in common with a fish brain.
Learn which parts of our bodies we’ve inherited from our reptilian ancestors.
Find out which beneficial traits our primate progenitors bequeathed us.
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